diff --git a/.github/workflows/python_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/python_docs.yml
index 86a2dd3c208..febee05519d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python_docs.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ on:
       - master
       # Disabled until docs support versioning per branch/release
       # - develop
+  release:
+    types: [published] # update Docs upon new release
 
 jobs:
   docs:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index be11a7b9867..655762a5611 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.1.1] - 2020-08-14
+### Fixed
+- **Logger**: Regression on `Logger` level not accepting `int` i.e. `Logger(level=logging.INFO)`
+
 ## [1.1.0] - 2020-08-14
 ### Added
 - **Logger**: Support for logger inheritance with `child` parameter
diff --git a/aws_lambda_powertools/logging/logger.py b/aws_lambda_powertools/logging/logger.py
index 1b4f3d8bcfe..b248055aacf 100644
--- a/aws_lambda_powertools/logging/logger.py
+++ b/aws_lambda_powertools/logging/logger.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Logger:
     ---------------------
     POWERTOOLS_SERVICE_NAME : str
         service name
-    LOG_LEVEL: str, int
+    LOG_LEVEL: str
         logging level (e.g. INFO, DEBUG)
     POWERTOOLS_LOGGER_SAMPLE_RATE: float
         samping rate ranging from 0 to 1, 1 being 100% sampling
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Logger:
     ----------
     service : str, optional
         service name to be appended in logs, by default "service_undefined"
-    level : str, optional
+    level : str, int optional
         logging.level, by default "INFO"
     child: bool, optional
         create a child Logger named <service>.<caller_file_name>, False by default
@@ -132,8 +132,11 @@ def __getattr__(self, name):
         # https://github.com/awslabs/aws-lambda-powertools-python/issues/97
         return getattr(self._logger, name)
 
-    def _get_log_level(self, level: str):
+    def _get_log_level(self, level: Union[str, int]) -> Union[str, int]:
         """ Returns preferred log level set by the customer in upper case """
+        if isinstance(level, int):
+            return level
+
         log_level: str = level or os.getenv("LOG_LEVEL")
         log_level = log_level.upper() if log_level is not None else logging.INFO
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 978696e090a..ea087088993 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "aws_lambda_powertools"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.1"
 description = "Python utilities for AWS Lambda functions including but not limited to tracing, logging and custom metric"
 authors = ["Amazon Web Services"]
 classifiers=[
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_logger.py b/tests/functional/test_logger.py
index 21f25125283..083220ccf8c 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_logger.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_logger.py
@@ -317,10 +317,30 @@ def test_logger_level_case_insensitive(stdout):
     assert logger.level == logging.INFO
 
 
-def test_logger_level_not_set(stdout):
+def test_logger_level_not_set():
     # GIVEN a Loggers is initialized
     # WHEN no log level was passed
-    logger = Logger(level="info")
+    logger = Logger()
 
     # THEN we should default to INFO
     assert logger.level == logging.INFO
+
+
+def test_logger_level_as_int():
+    # GIVEN a Loggers is initialized
+    # WHEN log level is int
+    logger = Logger(level=logging.INFO)
+
+    # THEN we should be expected int (20, in this case)
+    assert logger.level == logging.INFO
+
+
+def test_logger_level_env_var_as_int(monkeypatch):
+    # GIVEN Logger is initialized
+    # WHEN log level is explicitly defined via LOG_LEVEL env as int
+    # THEN Logger should propagate ValueError
+    # since env vars can only be string
+    # and '50' is not a correct log level
+    monkeypatch.setenv("LOG_LEVEL", 50)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Unknown level: '50'"):
+        Logger()