diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0fe54e5..c578102 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 [package]
 name = "bitcoin"
-version = "0.10.9"
+version = "0.11.0"
 authors = ["Andrew Poelstra <apoelstra@wpsoftware.net>"]
 license = "CC0-1.0"
 homepage = "https://github.com/apoelstra/rust-bitcoin/"
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ broken_consensus_code = []
 
 [dependencies]
 byteorder = "1.1"
-num = "0.1"
 rand = "0.3"
 rust-crypto = "0.2"
 rustc-serialize = "0.3"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ab4145f..ec9ccfb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,4 +71,13 @@ cross-chain atomic swaps) are more likely to be accepted than things which
 support only a single blockchain.
 
 
+## Release Notes
+
+I will try to document all breaking changes here so that people upgrading will know
+what they need to change.
+
+### 0.11
+
+Remove `num` dependency at Matt's request; agree this is obnoxious to require all
+downstream users to also have a `num` dependency just so they can use `Uint256::from_u64`.