diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 57a533163979e6a8bbdf2cb393c3269e3e85997b..4022174f3b8045633b7afcdf0459b14281d055b2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on `Keep a Changelog`_,
 and this project adheres to `Semantic Versioning`_.
 
+`2.11.1`_ - 2022-08-31
+----------------------
+
+Fixed
+~~~~~
+
+* Installation of frontend dependencies for downstream apps not aware of
+  webpack yet
+
 `2.11`_ - 2022-08-27
 --------------------
 
@@ -916,3 +925,4 @@ Fixed
 .. _2.10.1: https://edugit.org/AlekSIS/Official/AlekSIS/-/tags/2.10.1
 .. _2.10.2: https://edugit.org/AlekSIS/Official/AlekSIS/-/tags/2.10.2
 .. _2.11: https://edugit.org/AlekSIS/Official/AlekSIS/-/tags/2.11
+.. _2.11.1: https://edugit.org/AlekSIS/Official/AlekSIS/-/tags/2.11.1
diff --git a/aleksis/core/settings.py b/aleksis/core/settings.py
index 43dab10b3bae17b6558d0048d93252c656ffa132..ab29581ae448313e7ee89d3d7e4a78b2ab7793c9 100644
--- a/aleksis/core/settings.py
+++ b/aleksis/core/settings.py
@@ -621,11 +621,10 @@ WEBPACK_LOADER = {
         "IGNORE": [r".+\.hot-update.js", r".+\.map"],
     }
 }
-STATICFILES_DIRS = (
-    os.path.join(NODE_MODULES_ROOT, "webpack_bundles"),
-    JS_ROOT,
-)
-
+_USE_WEBPACK = True
+STATICFILES_DIRS = [JS_ROOT]
+if os.path.exists(os.path.join(NODE_MODULES_ROOT, "webpack_bundles")):
+    STATICFILES_DIRS.append(os.path.join(NODE_MODULES_ROOT, "webpack_bundles"))
 
 SELECT2_CSS = JS_URL + "/select2/dist/css/select2.min.css"
 SELECT2_JS = JS_URL + "/select2/dist/js/select2.min.js"
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 2c22c7fddae8319d4e618f840abe3babd83dc755..971d6d5276a3e14b1f4af8da52dbe4bbe7f96b5d 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ author = "The AlekSIS Team"
 # The short X.Y version
 version = "2.11"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = "2.11"
+release = "2.11.1"
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2d0ece6369cdddba48c0633595c46b163e22ca53..ffba763cf7794cba55368d2fd308b55a8ca2401f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "AlekSIS-Core"
-version = "2.11"
+version = "2.11.1"
 packages = [
     { include = "aleksis" }
 ]