diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a12216d22ecd342d78c3e3cdc33cf6ddb24d80e1..959e468a7a500a1df50b695127fba7f51029d221 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [3.11.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/compare/3.11.0...3.11.1) (2024-07-09)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* generated (YAML) configuration syntax error when using JSON input config ([73865b9](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/commit/73865b9e3bdd581eaf52f368cfd917fbe16473e4))
+
 # [3.11.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/compare/3.10.3...3.11.0) (2024-06-02)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f1f0efaa1808ba1ef4efc447050846ed45497cc1..55b8018f7b7c1cce8303e5452ad9e95beb7c7218 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Add the following to your `gitlab-ci.yml`:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # 1: include the component
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel@3.11.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel@3.11.1
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       changelog-enabled: true # ⚠ this is only an example
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Add the following to your `gitlab-ci.yml`:
 include:
   # 1: include the template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/semantic-release'
-    ref: '3.11.0'
+    ref: '3.11.1'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -379,9 +379,9 @@ With:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main template
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel@3.11.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel@3.11.1
   # Vault variant
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault@3.11.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault@3.11.1
     inputs:
       vault-base-url: "https://vault.acme.host/v1"
       # audience claim for JWT
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml
index eb68b1a5855a43e72768db09b78c46cd3e8b6c68..0fe886041d4d279462e674997396c22fec374319 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .semrel-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.11.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.11.1"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
index c8e52b84fbd4f6e690227a25a0fc2034af87cf14..e5480e3c6382ee9549ac7e4409917068afd4cd90 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ stages:
   image: $SEMREL_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.11.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.11.1"]
   before_script:
     - !reference [.semrel-scripts]
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"