diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index b0c49cc31..cd357904a 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Changelog
 |kitty| is a feature-rich, cross-platform, *fast*, GPU based terminal.
 To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
 
-0.21.1 [future]
+0.21.1 [2021-06-14]
 ----------------------
 
 - macOS: Fix a regression in the previous release that broke rendering of
diff --git a/kitty/constants.py b/kitty/constants.py
index ccab31df4..37c1825fe 100644
--- a/kitty/constants.py
+++ b/kitty/constants.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class Version(NamedTuple):
 
 appname: str = 'kitty'
 kitty_face = '🐱'
-version: Version = Version(0, 21, 0)
+version: Version = Version(0, 21, 1)
 str_version: str = '.'.join(map(str, version))
 _plat = sys.platform.lower()
 is_macos: bool = 'darwin' in _plat