diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 21e5e54eec..540d02867b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ This log summarizes the changes in each released version of Rouge.
 
 Rouge follows [Semantic Versioning 2.0.0](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## version 3.11.1: 2019-10-02
+
+[Comparison with the previous version](https://github.com/rouge-ruby/rouge/compare/v3.11.0...v3.11.1)
+
+- Perl Lexer
+  - Fix overeager quoting constructs in Perl lexer ([#1335](https://github.com/rouge-ruby/rouge/pull/1335/) by Brent Laabs)
+
 ## version 3.11.0: 2019-09-18
 
 [Comparison with the previous version](https://github.com/rouge-ruby/rouge/compare/v3.10.0...v3.11.0)
diff --git a/lib/rouge/lexers/perl.rb b/lib/rouge/lexers/perl.rb
index 7c9bcdb93b..2b404273bf 100644
--- a/lib/rouge/lexers/perl.rb
+++ b/lib/rouge/lexers/perl.rb
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def self.detect?(text)
         rule %r/(q|qq|qw|qr|qx)\(/, Str::Other, :rb_string
         rule %r/(q|qq|qw|qr|qx)\[/, Str::Other, :sb_string
         rule %r/(q|qq|qw|qr|qx)</, Str::Other, :lt_string
-        rule %r/(q|qq|qw|qr|qx)([^a-zA-Z0-9])(.|\n)*?\2/, Str::Other
+        rule %r/(q|qq|qw|qr|qx)(\W)(.|\n)*?\2/, Str::Other
 
         rule %r/package\s+/, Keyword, :modulename
         rule %r/sub\s+/, Keyword, :funcname
diff --git a/lib/rouge/version.rb b/lib/rouge/version.rb
index 94c55607dd..c5b3de5414 100644
--- a/lib/rouge/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rouge/version.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 
 module Rouge
   def self.version
-    "3.11.0"
+    "3.11.1"
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/visual/samples/perl b/spec/visual/samples/perl
index 6e85a74aa9..e6c9e3ceab 100644
--- a/spec/visual/samples/perl
+++ b/spec/visual/samples/perl
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ my $str2 = "This is a $string with plain interpolation."
 my $cmd2 = `So is @this one.`
 my $str3 = 'A boring $string.'
 
+my @w = ( q!str4!, qw< str5 str6 >, qq(str7 $str1), qx`false`, qr/foo/ );
+$a = qr/bar/i;
+my %x = ( q_ThisString => "doesnt_overrun as if it were q-quoted" );
+
 # from http://gist.github.com/485595
 use strict;
 use warnings;