diff --git a/hypothesis-python/RELEASE.rst b/hypothesis-python/RELEASE.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b28e79746..0000000000
--- a/hypothesis-python/RELEASE.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-RELEASE_TYPE: patch
-
-This patch changes the backing datastructures of :func:`~hypothesis.register_random`
-and a few internal caches to use :class:`weakref.WeakKeyDictionary`.  This reduces
-memory usage and may improve performance when registered :class:`~random.Random`
-instances are only used for a subset of your tests (:issue:`3131`).
diff --git a/hypothesis-python/docs/changes.rst b/hypothesis-python/docs/changes.rst
index ae83d7ac52..90ba91f3f4 100644
--- a/hypothesis-python/docs/changes.rst
+++ b/hypothesis-python/docs/changes.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,17 @@ Hypothesis 6.x
 
     .. include:: ../RELEASE.rst
 
+.. _v6.27.1:
+
+-------------------
+6.27.1 - 2021-11-22
+-------------------
+
+This patch changes the backing datastructures of :func:`~hypothesis.register_random`
+and a few internal caches to use :class:`weakref.WeakKeyDictionary`.  This reduces
+memory usage and may improve performance when registered :class:`~random.Random`
+instances are only used for a subset of your tests (:issue:`3131`).
+
 .. _v6.27.0:
 
 -------------------
diff --git a/hypothesis-python/src/hypothesis/version.py b/hypothesis-python/src/hypothesis/version.py
index 856768c234..8d1de7ab6b 100644
--- a/hypothesis-python/src/hypothesis/version.py
+++ b/hypothesis-python/src/hypothesis/version.py
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 #
 # END HEADER
 
-__version_info__ = (6, 27, 0)
+__version_info__ = (6, 27, 1)
 __version__ = ".".join(map(str, __version_info__))