diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 634b74c0..e81eca8d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
-1.6.1 -- 2024-mm--dd
---------------------
+1.6.1 -- 2024-02-08
+-------------------
 * Switched from setuptools to flit for setup
 * Updated test suite to work with musl based distributions
 
diff --git a/man/segno.1 b/man/segno.1
index d3cc508e..cff1cb77 100644
--- a/man/segno.1
+++ b/man/segno.1
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ level margin: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]
 .\" new: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]
 .in \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]u
 ..
-.TH "SEGNO" "1" "Nov 28, 2023" "1.6.0" "Segno"
+.TH "SEGNO" "1" "Feb 08, 2024" "1.6.1" "Segno"
 .SH NAME
 segno \- Segno QR Code encoder
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -409,6 +409,6 @@ Saves the Micro QR Code (M2\-M) as PNG image, using the color #003399 for dark
 modules. Each module corresponds to 4 x 4 pixels because the scaling factor
 was set to 4.
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-2016 - 2023 Lars Heuer -- "QR Code" and "Micro QR Code" are registered trademarks of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED.
+2016 - 2024 Lars Heuer -- "QR Code" and "Micro QR Code" are registered trademarks of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED.
 .\" Generated by docutils manpage writer.
 .
diff --git a/segno/__init__.py b/segno/__init__.py
index cb1b2668..2038a901 100644
--- a/segno/__init__.py
+++ b/segno/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from .encoder import DataOverflowError
 from . import writers, utils
 
-__version__ = '1.6.1.dev'
+__version__ = '1.6.1'
 
 __all__ = ('make', 'make_qr', 'make_micro', 'make_sequence', 'QRCode',
            'QRCodeSequence', 'DataOverflowError')