diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index ca69fbb8..a232ec63 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 6.1.1rc
+current_version = 6.1.1
 commit = True
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)((?P<release>.*))?
 serialize = 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3139c495..89adc034 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
 # Do not update the version manually - it is managed by `bumpversion`.
-version = '6.1.1rc'
+version = '6.1.1'
 
 
 requirements = [
diff --git a/src/pydocstyle/utils.py b/src/pydocstyle/utils.py
index 692f0b7f..42b39bf5 100644
--- a/src/pydocstyle/utils.py
+++ b/src/pydocstyle/utils.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Iterable, Tuple
 
 # Do not update the version manually - it is managed by `bumpversion`.
-__version__ = '6.1.1rc'
+__version__ = '6.1.1'
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 #: Regular expression for stripping non-alphanumeric characters