diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5ff12fc1..99046b12 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+XML-RPC for PHP version 4.6.1 - 2022/2/15
+
+* fixed: one php warning with php 8 and up
+
+
 XML-RPC for PHP version 4.6.0 - 2021/12/9
 
 * fixed: compatibility with php 8.1
diff --git a/src/PhpXmlRpc.php b/src/PhpXmlRpc.php
index 2e336121..e6419acc 100644
--- a/src/PhpXmlRpc.php
+++ b/src/PhpXmlRpc.php
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class PhpXmlRpc
     public static $xmlrpc_internalencoding = "UTF-8";
 
     public static $xmlrpcName = "XML-RPC for PHP";
-    public static $xmlrpcVersion = "4.6.1-dev";
+    public static $xmlrpcVersion = "4.6.1";
 
     // let user errors start at 800
     public static $xmlrpcerruser = 800;