diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5feeae93..101173bd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+##2015-10-10 - 6.1.0
+###Summary
+
+This is a maintenance release in the Kilo series.
+
+####Maintenance
+- acceptance: checkout stable/kilo puppet modules
+
 ##2015-07-08 - 6.0.0
 ###Summary
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ed05e67f..79b539e6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 swift
 =======
 
-6.0.0 - 2015.1 - Kilo
+6.1.0 - 2015.1 - Kilo
 
 #### Table of Contents
 
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 931aa1fc..df0a3631 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "openstack-swift",
-  "version": "6.0.0",
+  "version": "6.1.0",
   "author": "Puppet Labs and OpenStack Contributors",
   "summary": "Puppet module for OpenStack Swift",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",