diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index fd5eabb2..3468adfe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Note that ``PHAB_ID=#`` and ``RB_ID=#`` correspond to associated messages in com
 Unreleased
 ----------
 
+21.1.0
+------
+
 * Add separator_char field to the top level of the Metrics Metadata endpoint and bump the
   endpoints version number to 2.1. ``PHAB_ID=D591106``
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3fac126b..37015aec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # TwitterServer
 
-[![Build status](https://travis-ci.com/twitter/twitter-server.svg?branch=develop)](https://travis-ci.com/twitter/twitter-server)
+[![Build status](https://travis-ci.com/twitter/twitter-server.svg?branch=release)](https://travis-ci.com/twitter/twitter-server)
 [![Codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/twitter/twitter-server/branch/develop/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/twitter/twitter-server)
 [![Project status](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-active-brightgreen.svg)](#status)
 [![Gitter](https://badges.gitter.im/twitter/finagle.svg)](https://gitter.im/twitter/finagle?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge)
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index d62688b2..8724147a 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import scoverage.ScoverageKeys
 
 // All Twitter library releases are date versioned as YY.MM.patch
-val releaseVersion = "21.1.0-SNAPSHOT"
+val releaseVersion = "21.1.0"
 
 val jacksonVersion = "2.11.2"
 val jacksonLibs = Seq(