diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 81aed21a..4e390427 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "Plots"
 uuid = "91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80"
 author = ["Tom Breloff (@tbreloff)"]
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.1"
 
 [deps]
 Base64 = "2a0f44e3-6c83-55bd-87e4-b1978d98bd5f"
diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
index add74fa9..1536c6a2 100644
--- a/src/utils.jl
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ _cycle(cl::PlotUtils.AbstractColorList, idx::AVec{Int}) = cl[mod1.(idx, end)]
 _as_gradient(grad) = grad
 _as_gradient(v::AbstractVector{<:Colorant}) = cgrad(v)
 _as_gradient(cp::ColorPalette) = cgrad(cp, categorical = true)
-_as_gradient(c::Colorant) = ColorGradient([c,c])
+_as_gradient(c::Colorant) = cgrad([c, c])
 
 makevec(v::AVec) = v
 makevec(v::T) where {T} = T[v]