diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 726bcb09a..f4a67b905 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # VisiData version history
 
-# v2.1 (????)
+# v2.1 (2020-12-06)
 
     - [add] add bulk rows and cols leave cursor on first added (like add singles)
     - [add] add colname input to `addcol-new`
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 91f218e7e..1f42e892a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-# VisiData v2.0.1 [![twitter @VisiData][1.1]][1] [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/saulpw/visidata/tree/develop.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/saulpw/visidata/tree/develop) [![Gitpod ready-to-code](https://img.shields.io/badge/Gitpod-ready--to--code-blue?logo=gitpod)](https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/saulpw/visidata)
+# VisiData v2.1 [![twitter @VisiData][1.1]][1] [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/saulpw/visidata/tree/develop.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/saulpw/visidata/tree/develop) [![Gitpod ready-to-code](https://img.shields.io/badge/Gitpod-ready--to--code-blue?logo=gitpod)](https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/saulpw/visidata)
 
 A terminal interface for exploring and arranging tabular data.
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3d5557072..dfdbe23c6 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 # tox can't actually run python3 setup.py: https://github.com/tox-dev/tox/issues/96
 #from visidata import __version__
-__version__ = '2.0+'
+__version__ = '2.1'
 
 setup(name='visidata',
       version=__version__,
diff --git a/visidata/__init__.py b/visidata/__init__.py
index 21994fb9b..6d5bd7d00 100644
--- a/visidata/__init__.py
+++ b/visidata/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'VisiData: a curses interface for exploring and arranging tabular data'
 
-__version__ = '2.0+'
+__version__ = '2.1'
 __version_info__ = 'VisiData v' + __version__
 __author__ = 'Saul Pwanson <vd@saul.pw>'
 __status__ = 'Production/Stable'
diff --git a/visidata/main.py b/visidata/main.py
index fd1ad8271..9b3f67aef 100755
--- a/visidata/main.py
+++ b/visidata/main.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Usage: $0 [<options>] [<input> ...]
 #        $0 [<options>] --play <cmdlog> [--batch] [-w <waitsecs>] [-o <output>] [field=value ...]
 
-__version__ = '2.0+'
+__version__ = '2.1'
 __version_info__ = 'saul.pw/VisiData v' + __version__
 
 from copy import copy