diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 703c9c54b..4fd17ce84 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: usethis
 Title: Automate Package and Project Setup
-Version: 2.1.5.9000
+Version: 2.1.6
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Hadley",
              family = "Wickham",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 55409bdad..8d89642cf 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# usethis (development version)
+# usethis 2.1.6
 
 ### GitHub-related