diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5cef4a64557d4a1738bc510b91773ab65e5e01cf..4aceebce0aef32c9d17a545b69a0c84b43843321 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ the future development of Gluon.
 
 Please refrain from using the `master` branch for anything else but development purposes!
 Use the most recent release instead. You can list all releases by running `git tag`
-and switch to one by running `git checkout v2017.1.5 && make update`.
+and switch to one by running `git checkout v2017.1.6 && make update`.
 
 If you're using the autoupdater, do not autoupdate nodes with anything but releases.
 If you upgrade using random master commits the nodes *will break* eventually.
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 071e6fbae6fd8a561c5f8d608426f5b2bf3df15c..581b7dc379c0cd21372b751793dda72d7f751aa0 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -47,16 +47,16 @@ master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = 'Gluon'
-copyright = '2015-2017, Project Gluon'
+copyright = '2015-2018, Project Gluon'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '2017.1.5'
+version = '2017.1.6'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2017.1.5'
+release = '2017.1.6'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/docs/releases/v2017.1.6.rst b/docs/releases/v2017.1.6.rst
index 33d16c27ed4f124a3bdc064bfa053e57e791c7cd..2a05ebb82749f8d02d701cced455600bc130e297 100644
--- a/docs/releases/v2017.1.6.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2017.1.6.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Gluon 2017.1.6 (in development)
-===============================
+Gluon 2017.1.6
+==============
 
 Bugfixes
 ~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/docs/site-example/site.conf b/docs/site-example/site.conf
index 7d1aeec76fff1d24b0a7c57315e83afc166649b2..cb062aa731c7e34edc90fda3b9fb2020cfc5e5ba 100644
--- a/docs/site-example/site.conf
+++ b/docs/site-example/site.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--- This is an example site configuration for Gluon v2017.1.5
+-- This is an example site configuration for Gluon v2017.1.6
 --
 -- Take a look at the documentation located at
 -- http://gluon.readthedocs.org/ for details.
diff --git a/docs/user/getting_started.rst b/docs/user/getting_started.rst
index 070c228b61ee3cc541a68b4ce7f0f1e1e0d2b29d..0263c314832fcfe8575f9d8df3671b7f4a3cb6b2 100644
--- a/docs/user/getting_started.rst
+++ b/docs/user/getting_started.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Gluon's releases are managed using `Git tags`_. If you are just getting
 started with Gluon we recommend to use the latest stable release of Gluon.
 
 Take a look at the `list of gluon releases`_ and notice the latest release,
-e.g. *v2017.1.5*. Always get Gluon using git and don't try to download it
+e.g. *v2017.1.6*. Always get Gluon using git and don't try to download it
 as a Zip archive as the archive will be missing version information.
 
 Please keep in mind that there is no "default Gluon" build; a site configuration
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Building the images
 -------------------
 
 To build Gluon, first check out the repository. Replace *RELEASE* with the
-version you'd like to checkout, e.g. *v2017.1.5*.
+version you'd like to checkout, e.g. *v2017.1.6*.
 
 ::