diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index bab6690b..4d229203 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Version 2.1.0
 -------------
 
-Unreleased
+Released 2022-03-28
 
 -   Drop support for Python 3.6. :pr:`4335`
 -   Update Click dependency to >= 8.0. :pr:`4008`
diff --git a/src/flask/__init__.py b/src/flask/__init__.py
index e6987709..e721eddd 100644
--- a/src/flask/__init__.py
+++ b/src/flask/__init__.py
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ from .signals import template_rendered as template_rendered
 from .templating import render_template as render_template
 from .templating import render_template_string as render_template_string
 
-__version__ = "2.1.0.dev0"
+__version__ = "2.1.0"