diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 680ad1ec..21cb62e7 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 //  \brief Athena++ main program
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-  std::string athena_version = "version 1.0 - October 2016";
+  std::string athena_version = "version 1.1.0 - May 2018";
   char *input_filename=NULL, *restart_filename=NULL;
   char *prundir = NULL;
   int res_flag=0;   // set to 1 if -r        argument is on cmdline