diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-sdk-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/check-sdk-tests.yml
index 4bcd4ff..1e2e295 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-sdk-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-sdk-tests.yml
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ jobs:
           git fetch origin staging
           python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
           python3 -m pip install '.[dev]'
-          python3 -m pip install -r requirements/torch.txt
 
       - name: Clone async-substrate-interface repo
         run: git clone https://github.com/opentensor/async-substrate-interface.git
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f1cc35d..3454ca7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.1.1 /2025-04-26
+
+## What's Changed
+* State-Safe RNG by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/async-substrate-interface/pull/97
+* Fix tests requirements by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/async-substrate-interface/pull/98
+* Update maintainers emails by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/async-substrate-interface/pull/99
+* Adds additional exception for catching by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/async-substrate-interface/pull/96
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/async-substrate-interface/compare/v1.1.0...v1.1.1
+
 ## 1.1.0 /2025-04-07
 
 ## What's Changed
diff --git a/async_substrate_interface/async_substrate.py b/async_substrate_interface/async_substrate.py
index e8a95aa..94abf59 100644
--- a/async_substrate_interface/async_substrate.py
+++ b/async_substrate_interface/async_substrate.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import asyncio
 import inspect
 import logging
-import random
 import ssl
 import time
 from hashlib import blake2b
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@
     SubstrateRequestException,
     ExtrinsicNotFound,
     BlockNotFound,
+    MaxRetriesExceeded,
 )
 from async_substrate_interface.types import (
     ScaleObj,
@@ -48,7 +48,12 @@
     SubstrateMixin,
     Preprocessed,
 )
-from async_substrate_interface.utils import hex_to_bytes, json, get_next_id
+from async_substrate_interface.utils import (
+    hex_to_bytes,
+    json,
+    get_next_id,
+    rng as random,
+)
 from async_substrate_interface.utils.cache import async_sql_lru_cache
 from async_substrate_interface.utils.decoding import (
     _determine_if_old_runtime_call,
@@ -1910,7 +1915,7 @@ async def _make_rpc_request(
                         logger.warning(
                             f"Timed out waiting for RPC requests {attempt} times. Exiting."
                         )
-                        raise SubstrateRequestException("Max retries reached.")
+                        raise MaxRetriesExceeded("Max retries reached.")
                     else:
                         self.ws.last_received = time.time()
                         await self.ws.connect(force=True)
diff --git a/async_substrate_interface/errors.py b/async_substrate_interface/errors.py
index 9de753b..98114fe 100644
--- a/async_substrate_interface/errors.py
+++ b/async_substrate_interface/errors.py
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ class SubstrateRequestException(Exception):
     pass
 
 
+class MaxRetriesExceeded(SubstrateRequestException):
+    pass
+
+
 class StorageFunctionNotFound(ValueError):
     pass
 
diff --git a/async_substrate_interface/sync_substrate.py b/async_substrate_interface/sync_substrate.py
index f463f2f..a3a9f4d 100644
--- a/async_substrate_interface/sync_substrate.py
+++ b/async_substrate_interface/sync_substrate.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import functools
 import logging
-import random
 from hashlib import blake2b
 from typing import Optional, Union, Callable, Any
 
@@ -21,6 +20,7 @@
     ExtrinsicNotFound,
     SubstrateRequestException,
     BlockNotFound,
+    MaxRetriesExceeded,
 )
 from async_substrate_interface.types import (
     SubstrateMixin,
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@
     Preprocessed,
     ScaleObj,
 )
-from async_substrate_interface.utils import hex_to_bytes, json, get_next_id
+from async_substrate_interface.utils import (
+    hex_to_bytes,
+    json,
+    get_next_id,
+    rng as random,
+)
 from async_substrate_interface.utils.decoding import (
     _determine_if_old_runtime_call,
     _bt_decode_to_dict_or_list,
@@ -1611,7 +1616,7 @@ def _make_rpc_request(
                     logger.warning(
                         f"Timed out waiting for RPC requests {attempt} times. Exiting."
                     )
-                    raise SubstrateRequestException("Max retries reached.")
+                    raise MaxRetriesExceeded("Max retries reached.")
                 else:
                     return self._make_rpc_request(
                         payloads,
diff --git a/async_substrate_interface/utils/__init__.py b/async_substrate_interface/utils/__init__.py
index e295e02..d0ad6eb 100644
--- a/async_substrate_interface/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/async_substrate_interface/utils/__init__.py
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@
 
 id_cycle = cycle(range(1, 999))
 
+rng = random.Random()
+
 
 def get_next_id() -> str:
     """
     Generates a pseudo-random ID by returning the next int of a range from 1-998 prepended with
     two random ascii characters.
     """
-    random_letters = "".join(random.choices(string.ascii_letters, k=2))
+    random_letters = "".join(rng.choices(string.ascii_letters, k=2))
     return f"{random_letters}{next(id_cycle)}"
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 71f0fd3..8fe5ee8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "async-substrate-interface"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.1"
 description = "Asyncio library for interacting with substrate. Mostly API-compatible with py-substrate-interface"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ requires-python = ">=3.9,<3.14"
 
 authors = [
   { name = "Opentensor Foundation" },
-  { name = "BD Himes", email = "benhimes@opentensor.dev" }
+  { name = "BD Himes", email = "b@latent.to" }
 ]
 
 maintainers = [
-  { name = "Opentensor Foundation", email = "benhimes@opentensor.dev" },
-  { name = "BD Himes", email = "benhimes@opentensor.dev" }
+  { name = "Latent Holdings" },
+  { name = "BD Himes", email = "b@latent.to" }
 ]
 
 classifiers = [