diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 5fe509af1..1e7e398df 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: vctrs
 Title: Vector Helpers
-Version: 0.6.0.9000
+Version: 0.6.1
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", , "hadley@posit.co", role = "aut"),
     person("Lionel", "Henry", , "lionel@posit.co", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index e171659d2..d259315a7 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# vctrs (development version)
+# vctrs 0.6.1
 
 * Fixed a test related to `c.sfc()` changes in sf 1.0-10 (#1817).
 
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
index 53957236c..de2aae033 100644
--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-This is a minor release with no expected breakage of any reverse dependencies.
+This is a patch release with no expected breakage of any reverse dependencies.
 
-We fixed the CRAN check result failures, in particular:
-- We removed `SystemRequirements: C++11`.
-- We fixed the S3 method inconsistencies for `cnd_header()` and `cnd_body()`.
-
-The following reverse dependencies showed up in our checks, but we believe they are false alarms:
-- GenomeAdmixR: Can't reproduce locally.
-- portalr: A common failing package that we see. Likely related to a failed download.
-- openalexR: A common failing package that we see. Likely related to a failed download.
-- rapbase: Likely related to a failed download from GitHub.
+We fixed the failing tests related to sf.
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index f37dd8303..e4c74782e 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #define R_NO_REMAP
 #include <Rinternals.h>
 
-const char* vctrs_version = "0.6.0.9000";
+const char* vctrs_version = "0.6.1";
 
 /**
  * This file records the expected package version in the shared