diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 258d8cf75..449903ebd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 1.1.0
+
+* **Allow skipping .json extension for fsspec uploads**
+
 ## 1.0.48
 
 * **Improve Jira attachment path results**
diff --git a/unstructured_ingest/__version__.py b/unstructured_ingest/__version__.py
index b360c032a..1bccd442a 100644
--- a/unstructured_ingest/__version__.py
+++ b/unstructured_ingest/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.0.48"  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = "1.1.0"  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/unstructured_ingest/processes/connectors/fsspec/fsspec.py b/unstructured_ingest/processes/connectors/fsspec/fsspec.py
index 22c6242e2..250fb6016 100644
--- a/unstructured_ingest/processes/connectors/fsspec/fsspec.py
+++ b/unstructured_ingest/processes/connectors/fsspec/fsspec.py
@@ -346,7 +346,8 @@ def get_upload_path(self, file_data: FileData) -> Path:
         upload_path = Path(
             self.upload_config.path_without_protocol
         ) / file_data.source_identifiers.relative_path.lstrip("/")
-        updated_upload_path = upload_path.parent / f"{upload_path.name}.json"
+        suffix = os.environ.get("UNSTRUCTURED_INGEST_UPLOAD_APPEND_SUFFIX", ".json")
+        updated_upload_path = upload_path.parent / f"{upload_path.name}{suffix}"
         return updated_upload_path
 
     def run(self, path: Path, file_data: FileData, **kwargs: Any) -> None: