diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 4571445abac2b96bedc117ddc8d11f2d703bb749..97d4ecfcd6c39671011ea8e1fa77238fb1e8e2ac 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ History
 .. to_doc
 
 ---------------------
-0.6.1.dev0
+0.6.1 (2015-12-23)
 ---------------------
 
 * Tweak release process that left 0.6.0 with an incorrect PyPI description page.
diff --git a/pulsar/__init__.py b/pulsar/__init__.py
index 8b7f5821aa9808e20075fa87576dffbc41acf250..c1fa2225dbe08a843c2cfb1bb64f0676cd395830 100644
--- a/pulsar/__init__.py
+++ b/pulsar/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-__version__ = '0.6.1.dev0'
+__version__ = '0.6.1'
 
 PROJECT_NAME = "pulsar"
 PROJECT_OWNER = PROJECT_USERAME = "galaxyproject"