diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b61cbfd0efe23ddfd44e63183ddc6057ff526313..4c30541272087087d671f664ac396b4319fc97e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
   ![Travis State](https://api.travis-ci.com/vanhauser-thc/AFLplusplus.svg?branch=master)
 
-  Release Version: 2.60c 
+  Release Version: 2.61c 
 
-  Github Version: 2.60d
+  Github Version: 2.61d
 
   includes all necessary/interesting changes from Google's afl 2.56b
 
diff --git a/docs/Changelog.md b/docs/Changelog.md
index 0d67e807413e1336df30d69e3c9aa4c4acebabbd..5019a0a79b40b3aacdb34fff807a2d2c387b0428 100644
--- a/docs/Changelog.md
+++ b/docs/Changelog.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Want to stay in the loop on major new features? Join our mailing list by
 sending a mail to <afl-users+subscribe@googlegroups.com>.
 
 
-### Version ++2.60d (develop):
+### Version ++2.61c (release):
 
   - use -march=native if available
   - most tools now check for mistyped environment variables
diff --git a/include/config.h b/include/config.h
index 12e2d092202b30b9dce10248cbd94c79dbe07102..d1b4024515ebc89929527d362bbbe87424ba0059 100644
--- a/include/config.h
+++ b/include/config.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 /* Version string: */
 
 // c = release, d = volatile github dev, e = experimental branch
-#define VERSION "++2.60d"
+#define VERSION "++2.61c"
 
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