diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 9fb5dc871..5fdcc322b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 http://openslides.org
 
-Version 1.6.1 (unreleased)
+Version 1.6.1 (2014-12-08)
 ==========================
 [https://github.com/OpenSlides/OpenSlides/issues?milestone=16]
 
diff --git a/openslides/__init__.py b/openslides/__init__.py
index a146589c4..cb8dee6b1 100644
--- a/openslides/__init__.py
+++ b/openslides/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 VERSION = (1, 6, 1, 'final', 1)  # During development it is the next release
-RELEASE = False
+RELEASE = True
 
 
 def get_version(version=None, release=None):