diff --git a/.version b/.version
index a96607c10b..9c6d6293b1 100644
--- a/.version
+++ b/.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.1-rc2
+1.6.1
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9cfff222cb..61b7fa1e0b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ project(libpmemobj-cpp C CXX)
 set(VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(VERSION_MINOR 6)
 set(VERSION_PATCH 1)
-set(VERSION_PRERELEASE rc2)
+# set(VERSION_PRERELEASE rc2)
 
 set(VERSION ${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR})
 if (VERSION_PATCH GREATER 0)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6a5a04d039..684590251f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-Mon Jul 05 2021 Łukasz Stolarczuk <lukasz.stolarczuk@intel.com>
+Tue Jul 06 2021 Łukasz Stolarczuk <lukasz.stolarczuk@intel.com>
 
-	* Version 1.6.1-rc2
+	* Version 1.6.1
 
 	This release fixes minor bugs.