diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 277cb3a5..dd24d5e4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ OUTDIR=${ROOTDIR}/_output
 TARGET_ARCHS ?= amd64 arm64 s390x ppc64le
 
 # Identifies the current build.
-VERSION ?= v2.1.0-SNAPSHOT
+VERSION ?= v2.1.0
 COMMIT_HASH ?= $(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
 
 # Identifies the Kiali operator container image that will be built
diff --git a/manifests/kiali-upstream/2.1.0/manifests/kiali.v2.1.0.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/manifests/kiali-upstream/2.1.0/manifests/kiali.v2.1.0.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index 41aa43ea..eaac1b0a 100644
--- a/manifests/kiali-upstream/2.1.0/manifests/kiali.v2.1.0.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kiali-upstream/2.1.0/manifests/kiali.v2.1.0.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ metadata:
     support: Kiali
     description: "Kiali project provides answers to the questions: What microservices are part of my Istio service mesh and how are they connected?"
     repository: https://github.com/kiali/kiali
-    createdAt: 2024-10-21T11:44:28Z
+    createdAt: 2024-11-07T16:25:12Z
     alm-examples: |-
       [
         {