diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index a42c798a9..0f8b93869 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ Latest changes
 Development version
 -------------------
 
+Release 1.1.0
+--------------
+
 - Fix byte order inconsistency issue during deserialization using joblib.load
   in cross-endian environment: the numpy arrays are now always loaded to
   use the system byte order, independently of the byte order of the system
@@ -18,8 +21,12 @@ Development version
   interactively in a IPython session or in Jupyter notebook cell.
   https://github.com/joblib/joblib/pull/1214
 
-1.0.1
------
+- Update vendored loky (from version 2.9 to 3.0) and cloudpickle (from
+  version 1.6 to 2.0)
+  https://github.com/joblib/joblib/pull/1218
+
+Release 1.0.1
+-------------
 
 - Add check_call_in_cache method to check cache without calling function.
   https://github.com/joblib/joblib/pull/820
@@ -30,8 +37,8 @@ Development version
   or "ConnectionResetError: [Errno 104] connection reset by peer".
   https://github.com/joblib/joblib/pull/1133
 
-1.0.0
------
+Release 1.0.0
+-------------
 
 - Make `joblib.hash` and `joblib.Memory` caching system compatible with `numpy
   >= 1.20.0`. Also make it explicit in the documentation that users should now
diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
index 0f469af82..910537bd3 100644
--- a/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 BSD 3-Clause License
 
-Copyright (c) 2008-2016, The joblib developers.
+Copyright (c) 2008-2021, The joblib developers.
 All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d659dbd3f..a17427fb7 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Dependencies
 ============
 
 - Joblib has no mandatory dependencies besides Python (supported versions are
-  2.7+ and 3.4+).
+  3.6+).
 - Joblib has an optional dependency on Numpy (at least version 1.6.1) for array
   manipulation.
 - Joblib includes its own vendored copy of
@@ -134,40 +134,3 @@ but, the following git command may be used to generate the lines::
 
     git log --abbrev-commit --date=short --no-merges --sparse
 
-Licensing
----------
-
-joblib is **BSD-licenced** (3 clause):
-
-    This software is OSI Certified Open Source Software.
-    OSI Certified is a certification mark of the Open Source Initiative.
-
-    Copyright (c) 2009-2011, joblib developpers
-    All rights reserved.
-
-    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
-
-    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
-      this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-
-    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
-      this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
-      and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-
-    * Neither the name of Gael Varoquaux. nor the names of other joblib
-      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
-      this software without specific prior written permission.
-
-    **This software is provided by the copyright holders and contributors
-    "as is" and any express or implied warranties, including, but not
-    limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for
-    a particular purpose are disclaimed. In no event shall the copyright
-    owner or contributors be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental,
-    special, exemplary, or consequential damages (including, but not
-    limited to, procurement of substitute goods or services; loss of use,
-    data, or profits; or business interruption) however caused and on any
-    theory of liability, whether in contract, strict liability, or tort
-    (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of the use
-    of this software, even if advised of the possibility of such
-    damage.**
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 05e3aa125..ae75b69d1 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = 'joblib'
-copyright = '2008-2018, Joblib developers'
+copyright = '2008-2021, Joblib developers'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
diff --git a/joblib/__init__.py b/joblib/__init__.py
index c7867e1ea..4255c86f3 100644
--- a/joblib/__init__.py
+++ b/joblib/__init__.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 # Dev branch marker is: 'X.Y.dev' or 'X.Y.devN' where N is an integer.
 # 'X.Y.dev0' is the canonical version of 'X.Y.dev'
 #
-__version__ = '1.1.0.dev0'
+__version__ = '1.1.0'
 
 
 import os
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e2aeaaace..e88d7b0c4 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ upload = upload upload_docs --upload-dir doc/_build/html
 [bdist_rpm]
 doc_files = doc
 
+[bdist_wheel]
+universal = 1
+
 [tool:pytest]
 doctest_optionflags = NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE ELLIPSIS
 addopts =