diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 899770deea3..ca216c99aa0 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Sage version 6.0.rc1, released 2013-12-17
+Sage version 6.0, released 2013-12-17
diff --git a/src/bin/sage-banner b/src/bin/sage-banner
index 50a8c09e131..75504a4677f 100644
--- a/src/bin/sage-banner
+++ b/src/bin/sage-banner
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
-│ Sage Version 6.0.rc1, Release Date: 2013-12-17                     │
+│ Sage Version 6.0, Release Date: 2013-12-17                         │
 │ Type "notebook()" for the browser-based notebook interface.        │
 │ Type "help()" for help.                                            │
 └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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-┃ Warning: this is a prerelease version, and it may be unstable.     ┃
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diff --git a/src/bin/sage-version.sh b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
index 47029daa949..134c5c611cc 100644
--- a/src/bin/sage-version.sh
+++ b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Sage version information for shell scripts
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-SAGE_VERSION='6.0.rc1'
+SAGE_VERSION='6.0'
 SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2013-12-17'
diff --git a/src/sage/version.py b/src/sage/version.py
index 1703ffb79da..9e7efc85ec1 100644
--- a/src/sage/version.py
+++ b/src/sage/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """nodoctests"""
 # Sage version information for Python scripts
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-version = '6.0.rc1'
+version = '6.0'
 date = '2013-12-17'