diff --git a/src/python/pants/notes/1.1.x.rst b/src/python/pants/notes/1.1.x.rst
index 98bbcdc7e60..7998a5fbcb7 100644
--- a/src/python/pants/notes/1.1.x.rst
+++ b/src/python/pants/notes/1.1.x.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,38 @@
+1.1.0-rc9 (07/22/2016)
+----------------------
+
+Third release candidate for release 1.1.0. Remove bad
+deprecation warning.
+
+Bugfixes
+~~~~~~~~
+
+* Fix JUnit -fail-fast, add test for early exit hook and remove unused code
+  `RB #4060 <https://rbcommons.com/s/twitter/r/4060>`_
+  `RB #4081 <https://rbcommons.com/s/twitter/r/4081>`_
+
+Refactoring, Improvements, and Tooling
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Update junit-runner to version 1.0.13
+  `RB #4102 <https://rbcommons.com/s/twitter/r/4102>`_
+  `RB #4101 <https://rbcommons.com/s/twitter/r/4101>`_
+  `RB #4091 <https://rbcommons.com/s/twitter/r/4091>`_
+  `RB #4081 <https://rbcommons.com/s/twitter/r/4081>`_
+  `RB #4107 <https://rbcommons.com/s/twitter/r/4107>`_
+
+* Enable autoFlush for JUnit printstream so we get output as the tests run
+  `RB #4101 <https://rbcommons.com/s/twitter/r/4101>`_
+  `RB #4102 <https://rbcommons.com/s/twitter/r/4102>`_
+
+* Buffer the ConsoleRunner's use of stdio.
+  `RB #4101 <https://rbcommons.com/s/twitter/r/4101>`_
+
+* [1.1.x] Clean up export deprecation warning on 1.1.x branch
+  `RB #4110 <https://rbcommons.com/s/twitter/r/4110>`_
+
+* Print a message for cycles in the graph when computing the target fingerprint
+  `RB #4087 <https://rbcommons.com/s/twitter/r/4087>`_
+
 1.1.0-rc8 (07/15/2016)
 ----------------------
 
diff --git a/src/python/pants/version.py b/src/python/pants/version.py
index 47d6a12bae0..cbc712be6cc 100644
--- a/src/python/pants/version.py
+++ b/src/python/pants/version.py
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 from pants.base.revision import Revision
 
 
-VERSION = '1.1.0-rc8'
+VERSION = '1.1.0-rc9'
 
 PANTS_SEMVER = Revision.semver(VERSION)