diff --git a/apache2/msc_release.h b/apache2/msc_release.h
index bdf73ddd..56e1e3a3 100644
--- a/apache2/msc_release.h
+++ b/apache2/msc_release.h
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 #define MODSEC_VERSION_MAJOR       "2"
 #define MODSEC_VERSION_MINOR       "6"
 #define MODSEC_VERSION_MAINT       "1"
-#define MODSEC_VERSION_TYPE        "-rc"
-#define MODSEC_VERSION_RELEASE     "1"
+#define MODSEC_VERSION_TYPE        ""
+#define MODSEC_VERSION_RELEASE     ""
 
 #define MODSEC_VERSION_SUFFIX MODSEC_VERSION_TYPE MODSEC_VERSION_RELEASE