diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 6abc96b7..b09b2269 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -18,32 +18,38 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - db: "mariadb:10.4"
+          - db: "mariadb:12"  # rolling release
             py: "3.13"
+            # pynacl 1.5 doesn't support Python 3.14 yet.
+            # https://github.com/pyca/pynacl/commit/d33028e43b814615a33e231925eaddb0f679fa2b
 
-          - db: "mariadb:10.5"
+          - db: "mariadb:11.8"
+            py: "3.12"
+
+          - db: "mariadb:11.4"
             py: "3.11"
 
-          - db: "mariadb:10.6"
+          - db: "mariadb:10.11"
             py: "3.10"
 
           - db: "mariadb:10.6"
             py: "3.9"
 
-          - db: "mariadb:lts"
-            py: "3.8"
-
-          - db: "mysql:5.7"
-            py: "pypy-3.10"
-
           - db: "mysql:8.0"
-            py: "3.13"
+            py: "pypy3.11"
+            mysql_auth: true
+
+          - db: "mysql:9"
+            py: "3.14"
             mysql_auth: true
 
           - db: "mysql:8.4"
-            py: "3.8"
+            py: "3.9"
             mysql_auth: true
 
+          - db: "mysql:5.7"
+            py: "3.9"
+
     services:
       mysql:
         image: "${{ matrix.db }}"
@@ -57,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
           - /run/mysqld:/run/mysqld
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Workaround MySQL container permissions
         if: startsWith(matrix.db, 'mysql')
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a633f6c5..d78d2a01 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@
 * `db` and `passwd` will emit DeprecationWarning in v1.2. See #933.
 * `Connection.ping(reconnect)` change the default to not reconnect.
 
+## v1.1.2
+
+Release date: 2025-08-24
+
+* Prevent UnboundLocalError in very rare situation. https://github.com/PyMySQL/PyMySQL/pull/1174
+* Close underlying `SocketIO` soon when Connection is closed for PyPy. https://github.com/PyMySQL/PyMySQL/issues/1183
+* Fix importing PyMySQL fail on CPython 3.13 when `getpass.getuser()` raises OSEError. https://github.com/PyMySQL/PyMySQL/pull/1190
+* Make charset name "utf8" case insensitive. https://github.com/PyMySQL/PyMySQL/pull/1195
+* `Connection.kill()` uses `KILL` query instead of `COM_KILL`command to support MySQL 8.4. https://github.com/PyMySQL/PyMySQL/pull/1197
+* Fix SSL error on CPython 3.13 caused by strict TLS default setting. https://github.com/PyMySQL/PyMySQL/pull/1198
+* Fix auth switch request handling. https://github.com/PyMySQL/PyMySQL/pull/1200
+
+
 ## v1.1.1
 
 Release date: 2024-05-21
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7d8bfc86..ba491e2d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ This package contains a pure-Python MySQL and MariaDB client library, based on
 ## Requirements
 
 - Python -- one of the following:
-  - [CPython](https://www.python.org/) : 3.7 and newer
+  - [CPython](https://www.python.org/) : 3.9 and newer
   - [PyPy](https://pypy.org/) : Latest 3.x version
 - MySQL Server -- one of the following:
-  - [MySQL](https://www.mysql.com/) \>= 5.7
-  - [MariaDB](https://mariadb.org/) \>= 10.4
+  - [MySQL](https://www.mysql.com/) LTS versions
+  - [MariaDB](https://mariadb.org/) LTS versions
 
 ## Installation
 
diff --git a/pymysql/__init__.py b/pymysql/__init__.py
index bbf9023e..0ec7ae6e 100644
--- a/pymysql/__init__.py
+++ b/pymysql/__init__.py
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@
 
 # PyMySQL version.
 # Used by setuptools and connection_attrs
-VERSION = (1, 1, 1, "final", 1)
-VERSION_STRING = "1.1.1"
+VERSION = (1, 1, 2, "final")
+VERSION_STRING = "1.1.2"
 
 ### for mysqlclient compatibility
 ### Django checks mysqlclient version.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ee103916..d5057982 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,24 +7,15 @@ authors = [
 ]
 dependencies = []
 
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 readme = "README.md"
-license = {text = "MIT License"}
+license = "MIT"
 keywords = ["MySQL"]
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Topic :: Database",
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]
@@ -40,9 +31,10 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 [project.urls]
 "Project" = "https://github.com/PyMySQL/PyMySQL"
 "Documentation" = "https://pymysql.readthedocs.io/"
+"Changelog" = "https://github.com/PyMySQL/PyMySQL/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=61"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=77"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]