diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 14ea6ffee..2e2b4fe69 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 5.6.1.dev1
+current_version = 5.6.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 sign_tags = True
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b52ae5e7b..e9ad6d35c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def read(fname):
     return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)).read()
 
 
-version = '5.6.1.dev1'
+version = '5.6.1'
 url = "https://github.com/ome/omero-scripts/"
 
 setup(