diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index ece8e0bb..26fed9e4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changes
 
+### 2025-04-24 (2.11.1)
+
+* Add back `JSON.restore`, `JSON.unparse`, `JSON.fast_unparse` and `JSON.pretty_unparse`.
+  These were deprecated 16 years ago, but never emited warnings, only undocumented, so are
+  still used by a few gems.
+
 ### 2025-04-24 (2.11.0)
 
 * Optimize Integer generation to be ~1.8x faster.
diff --git a/lib/json/common.rb b/lib/json/common.rb
index 254ed092..77d024de 100644
--- a/lib/json/common.rb
+++ b/lib/json/common.rb
@@ -919,6 +919,50 @@ def dump(obj, anIO = nil, limit = nil, kwargs = nil)
     end
   end
 
+  # :stopdoc:
+  # All these were meant to be deprecated circa 2009, but were just set as undocumented
+  # so usage still exist in the wild.
+  def unparse(...)
+    if RUBY_VERSION >= "3.0"
+      warn "JSON.unparse is deprecated and will be removed in json 3.0.0, just use JSON.generate", uplevel: 1, category: :deprecated
+    else
+      warn "JSON.unparse is deprecated and will be removed in json 3.0.0, just use JSON.generate", uplevel: 1
+    end
+    generate(...)
+  end
+  module_function :unparse
+
+  def fast_unparse(...)
+    if RUBY_VERSION >= "3.0"
+      warn "JSON.fast_unparse is deprecated and will be removed in json 3.0.0, just use JSON.generate", uplevel: 1, category: :deprecated
+    else
+      warn "JSON.fast_unparse is deprecated and will be removed in json 3.0.0, just use JSON.generate", uplevel: 1
+    end
+    generate(...)
+  end
+  module_function :fast_unparse
+
+  def pretty_unparse(...)
+    if RUBY_VERSION >= "3.0"
+      warn "JSON.pretty_unparse is deprecated and will be removed in json 3.0.0, just use JSON.pretty_generate", uplevel: 1, category: :deprecated
+    else
+      warn "JSON.pretty_unparse is deprecated and will be removed in json 3.0.0, just use JSON.pretty_generate", uplevel: 1
+    end
+    pretty_generate(...)
+  end
+  module_function :fast_unparse
+
+  def restore(...)
+    if RUBY_VERSION >= "3.0"
+      warn "JSON.restore is deprecated and will be removed in json 3.0.0, just use JSON.load", uplevel: 1, category: :deprecated
+    else
+      warn "JSON.restore is deprecated and will be removed in json 3.0.0, just use JSON.load", uplevel: 1
+    end
+    load(...)
+  end
+  module_function :restore
+  # :startdoc:
+
   # JSON::Coder holds a parser and generator configuration.
   #
   #   module MyApp
diff --git a/lib/json/version.rb b/lib/json/version.rb
index 59adffc4..1fa83370 100644
--- a/lib/json/version.rb
+++ b/lib/json/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module JSON
-  VERSION = '2.11.0'
+  VERSION = '2.11.1'
 end