diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 8b698ebf0..25f6363fc 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
-Release 1.6.4 (in development)
-==============================
-
-Dependencies
-------------
-
-Incompatible changes
---------------------
-
-Deprecated
-----------
+Release 1.6.4 (released Sep 26, 2017)
+=====================================
 
 Features added
 --------------
@@ -40,10 +31,6 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #4055: graphviz: the :align: center option does not work for latex output
 * #4051: ``warn()`` function for HTML theme outputs 'None' string
 
-
-Testing
---------
-
 Release 1.6.3 (released Jul 02, 2017)
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index e574ffe6c..be114cf02 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ if 'PYTHONWARNINGS' not in os.environ:
 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', "'U' mode is deprecated",
                         DeprecationWarning, module='docutils.io')
 
-__version__ = '1.6.4+'
+__version__ = '1.6.4'
 __released__ = '1.6.4'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
 
 # version info for better programmatic use
 # possible values for 3rd element: 'alpha', 'beta', 'rc', 'final'
 # 'final' has 0 as the last element
-version_info = (1, 6, 4, 'beta', 0)
+version_info = (1, 6, 4, 'final', 0)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))