diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 50f855ba8..fe58416ce 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -2,7 +2,20 @@
 
 History is important, but our current roadmap can be found [here](https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter/projects)
 
-## 2.1.1 (unreleased)
+## 2.1.1 (2022-06-01)
+
+### Documentation updates
+
+* Fix local extensions documentation (#1686) @alkatar21
+
+### Bugfixes
+
+* Sanitize Mercurial branch information before checkout. (#1689) @ericof
+
+### This release is made by wonderfull contributors:
+
+@alkatar21, @ericof and @jensens
+
 
 ## 2.1.0 (2022-05-30)
 
diff --git a/cookiecutter/__init__.py b/cookiecutter/__init__.py
index 88fb2f6e7..f0e3a2c38 100644
--- a/cookiecutter/__init__.py
+++ b/cookiecutter/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 """Main package for Cookiecutter."""
-__version__ = "2.1.1.dev0"
+__version__ = "2.1.1"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 907b0307f..6b057835e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 """cookiecutter distutils configuration."""
 from setuptools import setup
 
-version = "2.1.1.dev0"
+version = "2.1.1"
 
 with open('README.md', encoding='utf-8') as readme_file:
     readme = readme_file.read()