diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index 1656f3903..6d4b98b6f 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-== iperf 3.6 2018-06-?? ==
+== iperf 3.6 2018-06-25 ==
 
 * Notable user-visible changes
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 557df43e5..b13a790a7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # file for complete information.
 
 # Initialize the autoconf system for the specified tool, version and mailing list
-AC_INIT(iperf, 3.5+, https://github.com/esnet/iperf, iperf, https://software.es.net/iperf/)
+AC_INIT(iperf, 3.6, https://github.com/esnet/iperf, iperf, https://software.es.net/iperf/)
 m4_include([config/ax_check_openssl.m4])
 AC_LANG(C)