diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index eed648ac..62e9f64a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2.1.6.dev0
+2.1.6
  * #1256: Fix a race condition in which borgmatic sometimes swallows Borg error output without
    logging it.
  * #1300: Fix the "source_directories_must_exist" option to support source directories relative to a
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 77ba0475..503bdf80 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "borgmatic"
-version = "2.1.6.dev0"
+version = "2.1.6"
 authors = [
   { name="Dan Helfman", email="witten@torsion.org" },
 ]