diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ec8e034..a8bbf86 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ $(shell mkdir -p $(DEPDIR)/src/ $(DEPDIR)/tools/ $(DEPDIR)/tests/tap/)
 DEPFLAGS = -MT $@ -MMD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/$@.Td
 DEPPOST = @mv -f $(DEPDIR)/$@.Td $(DEPDIR)/$@.d && touch $@
 
-VERSION := git
+VERSION := 0.6.1
 
 BIN_FILES := $(shell cat manifest.bin.txt)
 SRC_FILES := $(shell cat manifest.src.txt)