diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dc5ff161..ea1d732a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Release date: TBD
 * Deprecate `Connection.set_charset(charset)` (#1119)
 * New connection always send "SET NAMES charset [COLLATE collation]" query. (#1119)
   Since collation table is vary on MySQL server versions, collation in handshake is fragile.
+* Support `charset="utf8mb3"` option (#1127)
 
 
 ## v1.0.3
diff --git a/pymysql/__init__.py b/pymysql/__init__.py
index b9971ff0..68d7043b 100644
--- a/pymysql/__init__.py
+++ b/pymysql/__init__.py
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
 
 # PyMySQL version.
 # Used by setuptools and connection_attrs
-VERSION = (1, 1, 0, "rc", 1)
-VERSION_STRING = "1.1.0rc1"
+VERSION = (1, 1, 0, "rc", 2)
+VERSION_STRING = "1.1.0rc2"
 
 ### for mysqlclient compatibility
 ### Django checks mysqlclient version.