diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ae1f2c779..6a7c337c3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2.1.1b (2013-12-04)
+-------------------
+
+Bug fixes
+ - HTML formatting is now retained when forwarding/replying to a mail using the HTML editor.
+ - put the text part before the HTML part when composing mail to fix a display issue with Thunderbird (#2512)
+
 2.1.1a (2013-11-22)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/Version b/Version
index dc89da660..3beb111a7 100644
--- a/Version
+++ b/Version
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 MAJOR_VERSION=2
 MINOR_VERSION=1
-SUBMINOR_VERSION=1a
+SUBMINOR_VERSION=1b