diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 55cabe0..63870bd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Unreleased
+2.1.0 (2024-12-19) "Bunnyrific"
 
  * xC: fixed a crash when the channel topic had too many formatting items
 
diff --git a/xK-version b/xK-version
index 227cea2..7ec1d6d 100644
--- a/xK-version
+++ b/xK-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.0.0
+2.1.0