diff --git a/changelog.html b/changelog.html
index b798490b7..7328c7f95 100644
--- a/changelog.html
+++ b/changelog.html
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ <h1>
 Hazelcast Clustering Plugin Changelog
 </h1>
 
-<p><b>2.6.1</b> -- (tbd)</p>
+<p><b>2.6.1</b> -- November 9, 2022</p>
 
 <ul>
     <li>[<a href='https://github.com/igniterealtime/openfire-hazelcast-plugin/issues/86'>Issue #86</a>] - Reduce overhead of loading class definitions</li>
diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index 686887768..a881c5193 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <description>${project.description}</description>
     <author>Ignite Realtime</author>
     <version>${project.version}</version>
-    <date>2022-10-19</date>
+    <date>2022-11-09</date>
     <minServerVersion>4.7.0</minServerVersion>
     <minJavaVersion>1.8</minJavaVersion>
 </plugin>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ca12a4546..2b96acad1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>hazelcast</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.1</version>
     <name>Hazelcast Plugin</name>
     <description>Adds clustering support</description>