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+## 2.1.0 (2021-06-07)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- `ListConfig.append()` now copies input config nodes ([#601](https://github.com/omry/omegaconf/issues/601))
+- Fix loading of OmegaConf 2.0 pickled configs ([#718](https://github.com/omry/omegaconf/issues/718))
+
+
 ## 2.1.0.rc1 (2021-05-12)
 OmegaConf 2.1 is a major release introducing substantial new features, and introducing some incompatible changes.
 The biggest area of improvement in 2.1 is interpolations and resolvers. In addition - OmegaConf containers are now
diff --git a/news/601.bugfix b/news/601.bugfix
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-`ListConfig.append()` now copies input config nodes
diff --git a/news/718.bugfix b/news/718.bugfix
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-Fix loading of OmegaConf 2.0 pickled configs
diff --git a/omegaconf/version.py b/omegaconf/version.py
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 import sys  # pragma: no cover
 
-__version__ = "2.1.0.rc1"
+__version__ = "2.1.0"
 
 msg = """OmegaConf 2.0 and above is compatible with Python 3.6 and newer.
 You have the following options: