diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f020fb2..c37d9be 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 * https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/commits/
 * https://bitbucket.org/xi/pyyaml/commits/
 
-6.0b1 (2021-10-04)
+6.0 (2021-10-13)
 
 * https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/pull/327 -- Change README format to Markdown
 * https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/pull/483 -- Add a test for YAML 1.1 types
diff --git a/announcement.msg b/announcement.msg
index 4e645f7..abc1bbe 100644
--- a/announcement.msg
+++ b/announcement.msg
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 From: Ingy döt Net <ingy@ingy.net>
 To: python-list@python.org, python-announce@python.org, yaml-core@lists.sourceforge.net
-Subject: [ANN] PyYAML-6.0b1 Released
+Subject: [ANN] PyYAML-6.0 Released
 
-=======================
-Announcing PyYAML-6.0b1
-=======================
+=====================
+Announcing PyYAML-6.0
+=====================
 
-A new beta release of PyYAML is now available:
-https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/releases/tag/6.0b1
+A new release of PyYAML is now available:
+https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/releases/tag/6.0
 
 The previously-deprecated default loader selection in `yaml.load()` has
 been removed; `Loader` is now a required argument.
diff --git a/lib/yaml/__init__.py b/lib/yaml/__init__.py
index 7c14592..465041d 100644
--- a/lib/yaml/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/yaml/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from .loader import *
 from .dumper import *
 
-__version__ = '6.0b1'
+__version__ = '6.0'
 try:
     from .cyaml import *
     __with_libyaml__ = True
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7420bc9..548b19f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 NAME = 'PyYAML'
-VERSION = '6.0b1'
+VERSION = '6.0'
 DESCRIPTION = "YAML parser and emitter for Python"
 LONG_DESCRIPTION = """\
 YAML is a data serialization format designed for human readability