diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2de770afab..908d4acbd3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
 set(WRENCH_VERSION_MAJOR "2")
 set(WRENCH_VERSION_MINOR "1")
 set(WRENCH_VERSION_PATCH "0")
-set(WRENCH_VERSION_EXTRA "dev")
+set(WRENCH_VERSION_EXTRA "")
 
 if (${WRENCH_VERSION_PATCH} EQUAL "0")
     set(WRENCH_RELEASE_VERSION "${WRENCH_VERSION_MAJOR}.${WRENCH_VERSION_MINOR}")
diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index 6e7f7bd8ea..fbec1cfb3d 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 WRENCH Release Notes
 ------
 
-### wrench 2.0
+### wrench 2.1
 
-(october XXX, 2022) this release include **a new storage service implementation**, **performance enhancements**, and **minor bug fixes**. More specifically:
+(october 7, 2022) this release include **a new storage service implementation**, **performance enhancements**, and **minor bug fixes**. More specifically:
 
 - implementation of a new storage service for the simulation of the [XRootD](https://xrootd.slac.stanford.edu/) storage system, along with implementation and examples.
-- many performance and scalability improvements that reduce memory footprint and simulation execution time. 
+- performance and scalability improvements that reduce memory footprint and simulation execution time. 
 
 **note**: wrench 2.0 requires [simgrid 3.32](https://simgrid.org)
 
diff --git a/include/wrench/simulation/Version.h b/include/wrench/simulation/Version.h
index 17625f055d..13d7bf3f97 100644
--- a/include/wrench/simulation/Version.h
+++ b/include/wrench/simulation/Version.h
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@
  */
 
 namespace wrench {
-#define WRENCH_VERSION_STRING "2.1-dev"
+#define WRENCH_VERSION_STRING "2.1"
 }// namespace wrench