diff --git a/config/versions.env b/config/versions.env
index 177f09e..ec2ad07 100644
--- a/config/versions.env
+++ b/config/versions.env
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ ETURNAL_VERSION="1.12.3"
 # and a floating pin would change that under a rebuild with no commit to point at.
 # Override per-run with DOTNS_TAG=... to try another release.
 DOTNS_REPO="paritytech/dotns"
-DOTNS_TAG="${DOTNS_TAG:-v0.8.0}"
+DOTNS_TAG="${DOTNS_TAG:-v1.1.0}"
 # Which TLD's genesis to fetch is NOT pinned here: the network descriptor's
 # genesisConfig.networkSuffix is the namespace, and the DotNS TLD is the same value —
 # one knob, so the two cannot drift. The artifact stamps its own TLD and injection