diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9d4fac2cb4..0651574ea3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ framework.
 ###### Gradle
 
 ```
-testImplementation 'com.tngtech.archunit:archunit:1.0.1'
+testImplementation 'com.tngtech.archunit:archunit:1.1.0'
 ```
 
 ###### Maven
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ testImplementation 'com.tngtech.archunit:archunit:1.0.1'
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.tngtech.archunit</groupId>
     <artifactId>archunit</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.1</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <scope>test</scope>
 </dependency>
 ```
diff --git a/docs/_data/navigation.yml b/docs/_data/navigation.yml
index 10b3ded925..7b3fa472ab 100644
--- a/docs/_data/navigation.yml
+++ b/docs/_data/navigation.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ main:
   - title: "User Guide"
     url: /userguide/html/000_Index.html
   - title: "API"
-    url: https://javadoc.io/doc/com.tngtech.archunit/archunit/1.0.1
+    url: https://javadoc.io/doc/com.tngtech.archunit/archunit/1.1.0
   - title: "About"
     url: /about
diff --git a/docs/_pages/getting-started.md b/docs/_pages/getting-started.md
index fcc79bcd43..2e4060e2e1 100644
--- a/docs/_pages/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/_pages/getting-started.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ ArchUnit can be obtained from Maven Central.
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.tngtech.archunit</groupId>
     <artifactId>archunit</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.1</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <scope>test</scope>
 </dependency>
 ```
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ ArchUnit can be obtained from Maven Central.
 #### Gradle
 ```groovy
 dependencies {
-    testImplementation 'com.tngtech.archunit:archunit:1.0.1'
+    testImplementation 'com.tngtech.archunit:archunit:1.1.0'
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/_posts/2023-08-09-release-v1.1.0.markdown b/docs/_posts/2023-08-09-release-v1.1.0.markdown
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cea3b997a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_posts/2023-08-09-release-v1.1.0.markdown
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+layout: splash
+title:  "New release of ArchUnit (v1.1.0)"
+date:   2023-08-09 12:00:00
+categories: news release
+---
+
+A new release of ArchUnit (v1.1.0) is out. For details see [the release on GitHub](https://github.com/TNG/ArchUnit/releases/tag/v1.1.0 "ArchUnit v1.1.0 on GitHub").
diff --git a/docs/userguide/html/000_Index.html b/docs/userguide/html/000_Index.html
index 4137be7316..eb148fe573 100644
--- a/docs/userguide/html/000_Index.html
+++ b/docs/userguide/html/000_Index.html
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@
 <div id="header">
 <h1>ArchUnit User Guide</h1>
 <div class="details">
-<span id="revnumber">version 1.0.1</span>
+<span id="revnumber">version 1.1.0</span>
 </div>
 <div id="toc" class="toc2">
 <div id="toctitle">Table of Contents</div>
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ <h3 id="_junit_4"><a class="anchor" href="#_junit_4"></a>2.1. JUnit 4</h3>
 <pre class="highlightjs highlight nowrap"><code data-lang="xml" class="language-xml hljs">&lt;dependency&gt;
     &lt;groupId&gt;com.tngtech.archunit&lt;/groupId&gt;
     &lt;artifactId&gt;archunit-junit4&lt;/artifactId&gt;
-    &lt;version&gt;1.0.1&lt;/version&gt;
+    &lt;version&gt;1.1.0&lt;/version&gt;
     &lt;scope&gt;test&lt;/scope&gt;
 &lt;/dependency&gt;</code></pre>
 </div>
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ <h3 id="_junit_4"><a class="anchor" href="#_junit_4"></a>2.1. JUnit 4</h3>
 <div class="title">build.gradle</div>
 <div class="content">
 <pre class="highlightjs highlight nowrap"><code class="language-none hljs">dependencies {
-    testImplementation 'com.tngtech.archunit:archunit-junit4:1.0.1'
+    testImplementation 'com.tngtech.archunit:archunit-junit4:1.1.0'
 }</code></pre>
 </div>
 </div>
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ <h3 id="_junit_5"><a class="anchor" href="#_junit_5"></a>2.2. JUnit 5</h3>
 <pre class="highlightjs highlight nowrap"><code data-lang="xml" class="language-xml hljs">&lt;dependency&gt;
     &lt;groupId&gt;com.tngtech.archunit&lt;/groupId&gt;
     &lt;artifactId&gt;archunit-junit5&lt;/artifactId&gt;
-    &lt;version&gt;1.0.1&lt;/version&gt;
+    &lt;version&gt;1.1.0&lt;/version&gt;
     &lt;scope&gt;test&lt;/scope&gt;
 &lt;/dependency&gt;</code></pre>
 </div>
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ <h3 id="_junit_5"><a class="anchor" href="#_junit_5"></a>2.2. JUnit 5</h3>
 <div class="title">build.gradle</div>
 <div class="content">
 <pre class="highlightjs highlight nowrap"><code class="language-none hljs">dependencies {
-    testImplementation 'com.tngtech.archunit:archunit-junit5:1.0.1'
+    testImplementation 'com.tngtech.archunit:archunit-junit5:1.1.0'
 }</code></pre>
 </div>
 </div>
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ <h3 id="_other_test_frameworks"><a class="anchor" href="#_other_test_frameworks"
 <pre class="highlightjs highlight nowrap"><code data-lang="xml" class="language-xml hljs">&lt;dependency&gt;
     &lt;groupId&gt;com.tngtech.archunit&lt;/groupId&gt;
     &lt;artifactId&gt;archunit&lt;/artifactId&gt;
-    &lt;version&gt;1.0.1&lt;/version&gt;
+    &lt;version&gt;1.1.0&lt;/version&gt;
     &lt;scope&gt;test&lt;/scope&gt;
 &lt;/dependency&gt;</code></pre>
 </div>
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ <h3 id="_other_test_frameworks"><a class="anchor" href="#_other_test_frameworks"
 <div class="title">build.gradle</div>
 <div class="content">
 <pre class="highlightjs highlight nowrap"><code class="language-none hljs">dependencies {
-   testImplementation 'com.tngtech.archunit:archunit:1.0.1'
+   testImplementation 'com.tngtech.archunit:archunit:1.1.0'
 }</code></pre>
 </div>
 </div>
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ <h2 id="_what_to_check"><a class="anchor" href="#_what_to_check"></a>4. What to
 <h3 id="_package_dependency_checks"><a class="anchor" href="#_package_dependency_checks"></a>4.1. Package Dependency Checks</h3>
 <div class="imageblock">
 <div class="content">
-<img src="package-deps-no-access.png" alt="package deps no access" width="460" height="75">
+<img src="package-deps-no-access.png" alt="package deps no access" width="452" height="67">
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 </div>
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 <h3 id="_inheritance_checks"><a class="anchor" href="#_inheritance_checks"></a>4.4. Inheritance Checks</h3>
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 <h3 id="_annotation_checks"><a class="anchor" href="#_annotation_checks"></a>4.5. Annotation Checks</h3>
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 <div class="content">
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+<img src="inheritance-annotation-check.png" alt="inheritance annotation check" width="597" height="212">
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 <h3 id="_layer_checks"><a class="anchor" href="#_layer_checks"></a>4.6. Layer Checks</h3>
 <div class="imageblock">
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 <h3 id="_cycle_checks"><a class="anchor" href="#_cycle_checks"></a>4.7. Cycle Checks</h3>
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 <div class="content">
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 </div>
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 <div class="content">
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+<img src="domain-overview.png" alt="domain overview" width="1034" height="686">
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="paragraph">
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 <div class="content">
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 </div>
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 </div>
 <div class="imageblock">
 <div class="content">
-<img src="diamond-example.png" alt="diamond example" width="513" height="222">
+<img src="diamond-example.png" alt="diamond example" width="566" height="227">
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="paragraph">
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 </div>
 <div class="imageblock">
 <div class="content">
-<img src="import-vs-lang.png" alt="import vs lang" width="710" height="79">
+<img src="import-vs-lang.png" alt="import vs lang" width="706" height="73">
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 <div class="paragraph">
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 </div>
 <div class="imageblock">
 <div class="content">
-<img src="onion-architecture-check.png" alt="onion architecture check" width="1139" height="771">
+<img src="onion-architecture-check.png" alt="onion architecture check" width="1156" height="742">
 </div>
 </div>
 </div>
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 </div>
 <div class="imageblock">
 <div class="content">
-<img src="simple-plantuml-archrule-example.png" alt="simple plantuml archrule example" width="159" height="183">
+<img src="simple-plantuml-archrule-example.png" alt="simple plantuml archrule example" width="175" height="197">
 </div>
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 <div class="listingblock">
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 <h5 id="_example"><a class="anchor" href="#_example"></a>Example</h5>
 <div class="imageblock">
 <div class="content">
-<img src="lakos-example.png" alt="lakos example" width="466" height="547">
+<img src="lakos-example.png" alt="lakos example" width="462" height="553">
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="paragraph">
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 </div>
 <div class="imageblock">
 <div class="content">
-<img src="martin-example.png" alt="martin example" width="466" height="709">
+<img src="martin-example.png" alt="martin example" width="462" height="703">
 </div>
 </div>
 </div>
@@ -2418,7 +2418,7 @@ <h4 id="_visibility_metrics_by_herbert_dowalil"><a class="anchor" href="#_visibi
 <h5 id="_example_3"><a class="anchor" href="#_example_3"></a>Example</h5>
 <div class="imageblock">
 <div class="content">
-<img src="dowalil-example.png" alt="dowalil example" width="723" height="351">
+<img src="dowalil-example.png" alt="dowalil example" width="692" height="326">
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 </div>
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 org.gradle.parallel=true
 archunit.group=com.tngtech.archunit
-archunit.version=1.1.0-SNAPSHOT
+archunit.version=1.1.0
 org.gradle.jvmargs=--add-exports jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.code=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.file=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.parser=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.tree=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api=ALL-UNNAMED