diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 92f1cfd38..7f4b5454c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 Changelog for package catkin
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Forthcoming
------------
+0.6.10 (2014-12-22)
+-------------------
 * check changes to -D args CATKIN_DEVEL_PREFIX / CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX when considering to reinvoke cmake (`#700 <https://github.com/ros/catkin/issues/700>`_)
 * add --use-ninja option to catkin_make(_isolated) to use ninja instead of make (`#693 <https://github.com/ros/catkin/issues/693>`_)
 * remove 'emulate sh' from setup.zsh (`#686 <https://github.com/ros/catkin/issues/686>`_)
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 7c2708ac3..381c8dd39 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <package format="2">
   <name>catkin</name>
-  <version>0.6.9</version>
+  <version>0.6.10</version>
   <description>Low-level build system macros and infrastructure for ROS.</description>
   <maintainer email="dthomas@osrfoundation.org">Dirk Thomas</maintainer>
   <license>BSD</license>