diff --git a/pykafka/__init__.py b/pykafka/__init__.py
index ba8b82945..4a27a6ea2 100644
--- a/pykafka/__init__.py
+++ b/pykafka/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from .client import KafkaClient
 from .balancedconsumer import BalancedConsumer
 
-__version__ = '2.1.1-dev'
+__version__ = '2.1.1'
 
 
 __all__ = ["Broker", "SimpleConsumer", "Cluster", "Partition", "Producer",