diff --git a/docs/NEWS b/docs/NEWS
index f2936042..f596372f 100644
--- a/docs/NEWS
+++ b/docs/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Version 2.1-rc2 | final ()
+Version 2.1.0 (April 8th, 2017)
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     * Some more PHP7 error catching
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Version 2.1-rc2 | final ()
     
     * Fix missing variable name in regular expression match, Issue #442
 
-Version 2.1-rc1 (January, 26th 2017)
+Version 2.1-rc1 (January 26th, 2017)
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     * Fix issue #437 - Remove the hardcoded media filter only_filename
diff --git a/serendipity_config.inc.php b/serendipity_config.inc.php
index 37d91bcf..6edc8ecc 100644
--- a/serendipity_config.inc.php
+++ b/serendipity_config.inc.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ if (defined('USE_MEMSNAP')) {
 }
 
 // The version string
-$serendipity['version'] = '2.1-rc2';
+$serendipity['version'] = '2.1.0';
 
 
 // Setting this to 'false' will enable debugging output. All alpha/beta/cvs snapshot versions will emit debug information by default. To increase the debug level (to enable Smarty debugging), set this flag to 'debug'.