diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 0ebf69917..04f8d32be 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 Chaco CHANGELOG
 ===============
 
+Release 6.1.1
+-------------
+
+A bugfix release which updates pypi wheel upload workflow
+
+Thanks to all who contributed to the release:
+
+* Fix pypi upload workflow (#922)
+* Set correct minimum Python version in setup.py (#922)
+
+Thanks to all who contributed to the release:
+
+* Ioannis Tziakos
+
+
 Release 6.1.0
 -------------
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0a8754f74..dfe2bec95 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 MINOR = 1
 MICRO = 1
 PRERELEASE = ""
-IS_RELEASED = False
+IS_RELEASED = True
 
 # If this file is part of a Git export (for example created with "git archive",
 # or downloaded from GitHub), ARCHIVE_COMMIT_HASH gives the full hash of the