diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index af9df2efe7..e5bd1dcc5f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ allprojects {
     // <prerelease version> may be SNAPSHOT, alphax, betax, etc.
     // Note - if bumping to a new major or minor version, be sure to update the docs (see step 1 in
     // docs/src/private/internal/release.md for details)
-    version = '5.1.0-SNAPSHOT'
+    version = '5.1.0'
     // Eventually, we'll stop appending "SNAPSHOT" to our versions and just use this.
-    status = 'development'
+    status = 'release'
 }
 
 // Matches Maven's "project.description".