diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2cb73c1d..fbacede8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [PEP 440](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/)
 and uses [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 
+## [0.11.2]
+
+### Fixed
+* Patch [227](hyp3_autorift/vend/CHANGES-227.diff) was applied to align the S1 granules velocity description with the
+  optical products
+
 ## [0.11.1]
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/hyp3_autorift/vend/CHANGES-227.diff b/hyp3_autorift/vend/CHANGES-227.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53202d5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyp3_autorift/vend/CHANGES-227.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git netcdf_output.py netcdf_output.py
+--- netcdf_output.py
++++ netcdf_output.py
+@@ -639,10 +639,7 @@ def netCDF_packaging(VX, VY, DX, DY, INTERPMASK, CHIPSIZEX, CHIPSIZEY, SSM, SSM1
+     var = nc_outfile.createVariable('v', np.dtype('int16'), ('y', 'x'), fill_value=NoDataValue,
+                                     zlib=True, complevel=2, shuffle=True, chunksizes=ChunkSize)
+     var.setncattr('standard_name', 'land_ice_surface_velocity')
+-    if pair_type == 'radar':
+-        var.setncattr('description', 'velocity magnitude from radar range and azimuth measurements')
+-    else:
+-        var.setncattr('description', 'velocity magnitude')
++    var.setncattr('description', 'velocity magnitude')
+     var.setncattr('units', 'meter/year')
+     var.setncattr('grid_mapping', mapping_var_name)
+ 
diff --git a/hyp3_autorift/vend/README.md b/hyp3_autorift/vend/README.md
index c6eaf42d..f0f9defd 100644
--- a/hyp3_autorift/vend/README.md
+++ b/hyp3_autorift/vend/README.md
@@ -66,3 +66,7 @@ We've replaced it  with `hyp3_autorift.io.get_topsinsar_config`.
    from Sentinel-1 pairs that were created using HyP3 autoRIFT versions < 0.9.0, which was released November 2, 2022
 9. The changes listed in `CHANGES-223.diff` were applied in [ASFHyP3/hyp3-autorift#223](https://github.com/ASFHyP3/hyp3-autorift/pull/223)
    were applied to the S1 correction workflow so that the scene's polarization was set correctly 
+10. The changes listed in `CHANGES-227.diff` were applied in [ASFHyP3/hyp3-autorift#227](https://github.com/ASFHyP3/hyp3-autorift/pull/227)
+    were applied to align the S1 granules velocity description with the optical products. These changes have been
+    [proposed upstream](https://github.com/nasa-jpl/autoRIFT/pull/87) and should be applied in the next 
+    `nasa-jpl/autoRIFT` release.    
diff --git a/hyp3_autorift/vend/netcdf_output.py b/hyp3_autorift/vend/netcdf_output.py
index 08060edc..d12a8882 100755
--- a/hyp3_autorift/vend/netcdf_output.py
+++ b/hyp3_autorift/vend/netcdf_output.py
@@ -639,10 +639,7 @@ def netCDF_packaging(VX, VY, DX, DY, INTERPMASK, CHIPSIZEX, CHIPSIZEY, SSM, SSM1
     var = nc_outfile.createVariable('v', np.dtype('int16'), ('y', 'x'), fill_value=NoDataValue,
                                     zlib=True, complevel=2, shuffle=True, chunksizes=ChunkSize)
     var.setncattr('standard_name', 'land_ice_surface_velocity')
-    if pair_type == 'radar':
-        var.setncattr('description', 'velocity magnitude from radar range and azimuth measurements')
-    else:
-        var.setncattr('description', 'velocity magnitude')
+    var.setncattr('description', 'velocity magnitude')
     var.setncattr('units', 'meter/year')
     var.setncattr('grid_mapping', mapping_var_name)