diff --git a/.semversioner/1.1.1.json b/.semversioner/1.1.1.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df77fa7819
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.semversioner/1.1.1.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "description": "Fix a bug on creating community hierarchy for dynamic search",
+      "type": "patch"
+    },
+    {
+      "description": "Increase LOCAL_SEARCH_COMMUNITY_PROP to 15%",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "created_at": "2025-01-08T21:53:16+00:00",
+  "version": "1.1.1"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.semversioner/next-release/patch-20250107205718575866.json b/.semversioner/next-release/patch-20250107205718575866.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 089180d5c1..0000000000
--- a/.semversioner/next-release/patch-20250107205718575866.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "patch",
-  "description": "Increase LOCAL_SEARCH_COMMUNITY_PROP to 15%"
-}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 472e849763..3620bf71db 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 Note: version releases in the 0.x.y range may introduce breaking changes.
 
+## 1.1.1
+
+- patch: Fix a bug on creating community hierarchy for dynamic search
+- patch: Increase LOCAL_SEARCH_COMMUNITY_PROP to 15%
+
 ## 1.1.0
 
 - minor: Make gleanings independent of encoding
diff --git a/graphrag/query/context_builder/dynamic_community_selection.py b/graphrag/query/context_builder/dynamic_community_selection.py
index c21179d23e..2a101f6ca3 100644
--- a/graphrag/query/context_builder/dynamic_community_selection.py
+++ b/graphrag/query/context_builder/dynamic_community_selection.py
@@ -58,19 +58,22 @@ def __init__(
         self.reports = {report.community_id: report for report in community_reports}
         # mapping from community to sub communities
         self.node2children = {
-            community.id: (
+            community.short_id: (
                 []
                 if community.sub_community_ids is None
-                else community.sub_community_ids
+                else [str(x) for x in community.sub_community_ids]
             )
             for community in communities
+            if community.short_id is not None
         }
+
         # mapping from community to parent community
         self.node2parent: dict[str, str] = {
             sub_community: community
             for community, sub_communities in self.node2children.items()
             for sub_community in sub_communities
         }
+
         # mapping from level to communities
         self.levels: dict[str, list[str]] = {}
 
@@ -182,5 +185,6 @@ async def select(self, query: str) -> tuple[list[CommunityReport], dict[str, Any
             llm_info["prompt_tokens"],
             llm_info["output_tokens"],
         )
+
         llm_info["ratings"] = ratings
         return community_reports, llm_info
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5395c6b5b7..941c38f2d6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "graphrag"
 # Maintainers: do not change the version here manually, use ./scripts/release.sh
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.1"
 description = "GraphRAG: A graph-based retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) system."
 authors = [
     "Alonso Guevara Fernández <alonsog@microsoft.com>",