diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d33489b3..8bbb6e40 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.11.0-SNAPSHOT
+2.10.1
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 72e556ae..4224bff9 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '2.11.0-SNAPSHOT'
+version = '2.10.1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.11.0-SNAPSHOT'
+release = '2.10.1'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/src/cloudant/__init__.py b/src/cloudant/__init__.py
index ffb150c2..32db1baf 100644
--- a/src/cloudant/__init__.py
+++ b/src/cloudant/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 """
 Cloudant / CouchDB Python client library API package
 """
-__version__ = '2.11.0-SNAPSHOT'
+__version__ = '2.10.1'
 
 # pylint: disable=wrong-import-position
 import contextlib