diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c5dc67..cd2b64d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changes
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [v1.6.1] - 2023-10-05
 
 - Fixed bug whereby the correct precedence of taxa labels was not obeyed when
   translating trees.
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 005a3b2..2a80312 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 project = 'commonnexus'
 copyright = '2023, Robert Forkel'
 author = 'Robert Forkel'
-release = '1.6.1.dev0'
+release = '1.6.1'
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#general-configuration
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e90860e..2e09ad2 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = commonnexus
-version = 1.6.1.dev0
+version = 1.6.1
 author = Robert Forkel
 author_email = robert_forkel@eva.mpg.de
 description = A nexus (phylogenetics) file reader and writer (.nex, .trees)
diff --git a/src/commonnexus/__init__.py b/src/commonnexus/__init__.py
index 368fbda..8174c4e 100644
--- a/src/commonnexus/__init__.py
+++ b/src/commonnexus/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from .nexus import Nexus, Config  # noqa: F401
 from commonnexus.blocks import Block  # noqa: F401
 
-__version__ = '1.6.1.dev0'
+__version__ = '1.6.1'