diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 5512dd44a..03ab25ae1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-* 1.7.0-DEV
+* 1.6.1 (2012-02-29)
 
  * fixed Twig C extension
  * removed the creation of Twig_Markup instances when not needed
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 0138ed022..293d02760 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "description": "Twig, the flexible, fast, and secure template language for PHP",
     "keywords": ["templating"],
     "homepage": "http://twig.sensiolabs.org",
-    "version": "1.7.0",
+    "version": "1.6.1",
     "license": "BSD",
     "authors": [
         {
diff --git a/ext/twig/php_twig.h b/ext/twig/php_twig.h
index f00d9b166..798cac6e8 100644
--- a/ext/twig/php_twig.h
+++ b/ext/twig/php_twig.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #ifndef PHP_TWIG_H
 #define PHP_TWIG_H
 
-#define PHP_TWIG_VERSION "1.7.0-DEV"
+#define PHP_TWIG_VERSION "1.6.1"
 
 #include "php.h"