diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0848e949c310dd91a768f57be3e89e88a377a59a_c2V0dXAucHk=..e851142d12c18140c8a5252b92573aca1dbee373_c2V0dXAucHk= 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from distutils.errors import CCompilerError, DistutilsExecError, \
     DistutilsPlatformError
 
-VERSION = '2.1.0rc3'
+VERSION = '2.1.0'
 DESCRIPTION = "Simple, fast, extensible JSON encoder/decoder for Python"
 LONG_DESCRIPTION = """
 simplejson is a simple, fast, complete, correct and extensible