diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fa25e675..83943b29 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ jobs:
       language: shell
       before_install:
         - choco install python --version 3.8.0
+        # Windows build images have outdated root certificates; until that's
+        # fixed use certifi instead.
+        # https://github.com/joerick/cibuildwheel/issues/452
+        - python -m pip install certifi
+        - export SSL_CERT_FILE=`python -c "import certifi; print(certifi.where())"`
     - os: osx
       env: BUILD_WHEEL=1
       language: shell
diff --git a/docs/releases/v6.1.0.rst b/docs/releases/v6.1.0.rst
index 49426eab..7de6350a 100644
--- a/docs/releases/v6.1.0.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v6.1.0.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 What's new in Tornado 6.1.0
 ===========================
 
-Oct X, 2020
------------
+Oct 30, 2020
+------------
 
 Deprecation notice
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/tornado/__init__.py b/tornado/__init__.py
index a458bbdd..a5f45e52 100644
--- a/tornado/__init__.py
+++ b/tornado/__init__.py
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
 # is zero for an official release, positive for a development branch,
 # or negative for a release candidate or beta (after the base version
 # number has been incremented)
-version = "6.1b2"
-version_info = (6, 1, 0, -98)
+version = "6.1"
+version_info = (6, 1, 0, 0)