diff --git a/docs/news.txt b/docs/news.txt
index 66f012b0a2af62113184285c9b80916a1836bb0a..426085e5390b6c2ed0a277b79b26e43796cf4273 100644
--- a/docs/news.txt
+++ b/docs/news.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 News for pip
 ============
 
-hg tip
-------
+0.6.1
+-----
 
 * Fixed uninstall when /tmp is on a different filesystem.
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 310a3313ee5c975fb6096eab6c73e7abe88dfaea..d556d88546666969584d062592c52e21b731daeb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ else:
 import os
 
 
-version = "0.6.post1"
+version = "0.6.1"
 
 doc_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'docs')
 index_filename = os.path.join(doc_dir, 'index.txt')