diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 16f08713193..335a27908a0 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-0.4.6 (unreleased)
+0.4.6 (2015-05-29)
 ------------------
 
 Bug Fixes
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 294c148d9b7..3a792151ae1 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 NAME = 'astropy'
 
 # VERSION should be PEP386 compatible (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0386)
-VERSION = '0.4.6.dev'
+VERSION = '0.4.6'
 
 # Indicates if this version is a release version
 RELEASE = 'dev' not in VERSION