diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b37fddd8..61adc449 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,3 @@ pydantic>=2.6.3,<3.0.0
 rdkit>=2023.9.5,<2024.3.1
 tiledbsoma>=1.7.2,<2.0.0
 yapf>=0.40.2,<1.0.0
-
-# github packages
-git+https://huggingface.co/ctheodoris/Geneformer.git@main#egg=geneformer
diff --git a/tdc/version.py b/tdc/version.py
index a756386b..b8ac0452 100644
--- a/tdc/version.py
+++ b/tdc/version.py
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
 # Dev branch marker is: 'X.Y.dev' or 'X.Y.devN' where N is an integer.
 # 'X.Y.dev0' is the canonical version of 'X.Y.dev'
 #
-__version__ = "1.1.0"  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = "1.1.1"  # pragma: no cover