diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.1.4.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.1.4.rst
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@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Fixed regressions
 - Fixed regression where :meth:`DataFrame.agg` would fail with :exc:`TypeError` when passed positional arguments to be passed on to the aggregation function (:issue:`36948`).
 - Fixed regression in :class:`RollingGroupby` with ``sort=False`` not being respected (:issue:`36889`)
 - Fixed regression in :meth:`Series.astype` converting ``None`` to ``"nan"`` when casting to string (:issue:`36904`)
+- Fixed regression in :class:`RollingGroupby` causing a segmentation fault with Index of dtype object (:issue:`36727`)
 
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