diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c1f05aaa9..1e9f1b2ef 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-1.6.1.dev0
+1.6.1
  * #294: Add Healthchecks monitoring hook "ping_body_limit" option to configure how many bytes of
    logs to send to the Healthchecks server.
  * #402: Remove the error when "archive_name_format" is specified but a retention prefix isn't. 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4ecc30f2e..1ff33db58 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-VERSION = '1.6.1.dev0'
+VERSION = '1.6.1'
 
 
 setup(