diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 54d91f3fb..abf5d93ae 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ This list is detailed and covers changes in each pre-release version.
     ..  --------------------------
 
 
-Unreleased
-----------
+.. _changes_61:
+
+Version 6.1 — 2021-10-30
+------------------------
 
 - Deprecated: The ``annotate`` command and the ``Coverage.annotate`` function
   will be removed in a future version, unless people let me know that they are
diff --git a/coverage/version.py b/coverage/version.py
index 2b96b696c..23fdfa923 100644
--- a/coverage/version.py
+++ b/coverage/version.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # This file is exec'ed in setup.py, don't import anything!
 
 # Same semantics as sys.version_info.
-version_info = (6, 1, 0, "alpha", 0)
+version_info = (6, 1, 0, "final", 0)
 
 
 def _make_version(major, minor, micro, releaselevel, serial):
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index cfa9b445b..ecdecaa72 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = "6.0"                                 # CHANGEME
+version = "6.1"                                 # CHANGEME
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "6.0.2"                               # CHANGEME
+release = "6.1"                                 # CHANGEME
 # The date of release, in "monthname day, year" format.
-release_date = "October 11, 2021"               # CHANGEME
+release_date = "October 30, 2021"               # CHANGEME
 
 rst_epilog = """
 .. |release_date| replace:: {release_date}
diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst
index 7d7e1d7b4..7b7a914b1 100644
--- a/doc/index.rst
+++ b/doc/index.rst
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ supported on:
 .. ifconfig:: prerelease
 
     **This is a pre-release build.  The usual warnings about possible bugs
-    apply.** The latest stable version is coverage.py 6.0.2, `described here`_.
+    apply.** The latest stable version is coverage.py 6.1, `described here`_.
 
 
 .. _described here: http://coverage.readthedocs.io/