diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 49062ae6f..4ff3bb815 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 ### Development
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/compare/v6.0.4...main)
 
+### 6.1.0 / 2023-11-21
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/compare/v6.0.4...v6.1.0)
+
 Enhancements:
 
+* Support for Rails 7.1
 * Minor tweak to generated `rails_helper.rb` to use `Rails.root.join`.
   (@masato-bkn, Ryo Nakamura, #2640, #2678)
 * Add `RSpec::Rails::Configuration.fixture_paths` configuration to support
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7c7098fa0..522e90b0b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,13 +25,14 @@ According to [RSpec Rails new versioning strategy][] use:
 [`rspec-rails` 3.x]: https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/tree/3-9-maintenance
 [`rspec-rails` 4.x]: https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/tree/4-1-maintenance
 [`rspec-rails` 5.x]: https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/tree/5-1-maintenance
-[`rspec-rails` 6.x]: https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/tree/6-0-maintenance
+[`rspec-rails` 6.x]: https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/tree/6-1-maintenance
 [RSpec Rails new versioning strategy]: https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/blob/main/rfcs/versioning-strategy.md
 
 ## Installation
 
-**IMPORTANT** This README / branch refers to the current development build.
-See the [`6-0-maintenance` branch on Github](https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/tree/6-0-maintenance) if you want or require the latest stable release.
+**IMPORTANT** This README / branch refers to the 6.1.x stable release series, only bugfixes from this series will
+be added here. See the [`main` branch on Github](https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/tree/main) if you want or
+require the latest unstable features.
 
 1. Add `rspec-rails` to **both** the `:development` and `:test` groups
    of your app’s `Gemfile`:
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ See the [`6-0-maintenance` branch on Github](https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rail
    ```ruby
    # Run against this stable release
    group :development, :test do
-     gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 6.0.0'
+     gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 6.1.0'
    end
 
    # Or, run against the main branch
diff --git a/lib/rspec/rails/version.rb b/lib/rspec/rails/version.rb
index 6b754646a..26da80c3f 100644
--- a/lib/rspec/rails/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rspec/rails/version.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module Rails
     # Version information for RSpec Rails.
     module Version
       # Current version of RSpec Rails, in semantic versioning format.
-      STRING = '6.1.0.pre'
+      STRING = '6.1.0'
     end
   end
 end