diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bfa5025eb3..a6ac3e283d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ Tested on a Raspberry Pi Zero with a clean install of minimal Raspbian Stretch (
 ```
         git clone https://github.com/sumoprojects/sumokoin.git
 	cd sumokoin
-	git checkout tags/v0.6.0.2
+	git checkout tags/v0.6.1.0
 ```
 * Build:
 
@@ -321,10 +321,10 @@ application.
     cd sumokoin
     ```
 
-* If you would like a specific [version/tag](https://github.com/sumoprojects/sumokoin/tags), do a git checkout for that version. eg. 'v0.15.0.0'. If you don't care about the version and just want binaries from master, skip this step:
+* If you would like a specific [version/tag](https://github.com/sumoprojects/sumokoin/tags), do a git checkout for that version. eg. 'v0.6.1.0'. If you don't care about the version and just want binaries from master, skip this step:
 	
     ```bash
-    git checkout v0.6.0.2
+    git checkout v0.6.1.0
     ```
 
 * If you are on a 64-bit system, run:
diff --git a/contrib/gitian/README.md b/contrib/gitian/README.md
index a3b1a7e216..12427790f2 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian/README.md
+++ b/contrib/gitian/README.md
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Setup for LXC:
 
 ```bash
 GH_USER=quangvu
-VERSION=v0.6.0.1
+VERSION=v0.6.1.0
 
 ./gitian-build.py --setup $GH_USER $VERSION
 ```
diff --git a/src/version.cpp.in b/src/version.cpp.in
index dec57c4177..8ed3626fca 100644
--- a/src/version.cpp.in
+++ b/src/version.cpp.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #define DEF_SUMOKOIN_VERSION_TAG "@VERSIONTAG@"
-#define DEF_SUMOKOIN_VERSION "0.6.0.2"
+#define DEF_SUMOKOIN_VERSION "0.6.1.0"
 #define DEF_SUMOKOIN_RELEASE_NAME "Sendai"
 #define DEF_SUMOKOIN_VERSION_FULL DEF_SUMOKOIN_VERSION "-" DEF_SUMOKOIN_VERSION_TAG
 #define DEF_SUMOKOIN_VERSION_IS_RELEASE @VERSION_IS_RELEASE@