diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d63bbc89ef..2e4746098d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 OpenLDAP 2.6 Change Log
 
-OpenLDAP 2.6.1 Engineering
+OpenLDAP 2.6.1 Release (2022/01/20)
 	Fixed libldap to init client socket port (ITS#9743)
 	Fixed libldap with referrals (ITS#9781)
 	Added slapd config keyword for logfile format (ITS#9745)
diff --git a/build/version.var b/build/version.var
index 27aff6235e..8ac624d9a9 100644
--- a/build/version.var
+++ b/build/version.var
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 ol_package=OpenLDAP
 ol_major=2
 ol_minor=6
-ol_patch=X
-ol_api_inc=20600
+ol_patch=1
+ol_api_inc=20601
 ol_api_current=2
 ol_api_revision=200
 ol_api_age=0
-ol_release_date="2021/10/25"
+ol_release_date="2022/01/20"