diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 300f7e7..abe8630 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 (editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
 
-What's New in Python 2.6.1 alpha 1
-==================================
+What's New in Python 2.6.1
+==========================
 
-*Release date: XX-XXX-2008*
+*Release date: 04-Dec-2008*
 
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
index f878fb2..d57c65d 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 %define name python
 #--start constants--
-%define version 2.6
+%define version 2.6.1
 %define libver 2.6
 #--end constants--
 %define release 1pydotorg