diff --git a/Changelog.rst b/Changelog.rst
index af063091..e88975ae 100644
--- a/Changelog.rst
+++ b/Changelog.rst
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-6.0.0 (dev)
+6.1.0 (dev)
 -----------
 
+6.0.0 (2017-11-14)
+------------------
+
  * compatibility with Elasticsearch 6.0.0
 
 5.5.0 (2017-11-10)
diff --git a/elasticsearch/__init__.py b/elasticsearch/__init__.py
index 2b74f3e2..0598a9c7 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/__init__.py
+++ b/elasticsearch/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-VERSION = (6, 0, 0)
+VERSION = (6, 1, 0, 'dev')
 __version__ = VERSION
 __versionstr__ = '.'.join(map(str, VERSION))
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 79118d8c..d966ed37 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from os.path import join, dirname
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import sys
 
-VERSION = (6, 0, 0)
+VERSION = (6, 1, 0, 'dev')
 __version__ = VERSION
 __versionstr__ = '.'.join(map(str, VERSION))