diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 4e09150..f4b2f53 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ History
 -------
 
 
-6.1.0 (unreleased)
+6.1.0 (2016-10-11)
 ++++++++++++++++++
 
 - Exit with status code 104 when api key is missing or invalid. Exit with
diff --git a/wakatime/__about__.py b/wakatime/__about__.py
index 5264594..2eb5246 100644
--- a/wakatime/__about__.py
+++ b/wakatime/__about__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 __title__ = 'wakatime'
 __description__ = 'Common interface to the WakaTime api.'
 __url__ = 'https://github.com/wakatime/wakatime'
-__version_info__ = ('6', '0', '9')
+__version_info__ = ('6', '1', '0')
 __version__ = '.'.join(__version_info__)
 __author__ = 'Alan Hamlett'
 __author_email__ = 'alan@wakatime.com'