diff --git a/Doxyfile b/Doxyfile
index 2026d33..d009c8a 100644
--- a/Doxyfile
+++ b/Doxyfile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME = pvDatabaseCPP
# could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
# control system is used.
-PROJECT_NUMBER = 4.5.4-dev
+PROJECT_NUMBER = 4.6.0
# Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
# for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
diff --git a/configure/CONFIG_PVDATABASE_VERSION b/configure/CONFIG_PVDATABASE_VERSION
index 516b76c..b3dfc48 100644
--- a/configure/CONFIG_PVDATABASE_VERSION
+++ b/configure/CONFIG_PVDATABASE_VERSION
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
# Version number for the PV Database API and shared library
EPICS_PVDATABASE_MAJOR_VERSION = 4
-EPICS_PVDATABASE_MINOR_VERSION = 5
-EPICS_PVDATABASE_MAINTENANCE_VERSION = 4
+EPICS_PVDATABASE_MINOR_VERSION = 6
+EPICS_PVDATABASE_MAINTENANCE_VERSION = 0
# Development flag, set to zero for release versions
-EPICS_PVDATABASE_DEVELOPMENT_FLAG = 1
+EPICS_PVDATABASE_DEVELOPMENT_FLAG = 0
# Immediately after a release the MAINTENANCE_VERSION
# will be incremented and the DEVELOPMENT_FLAG set to 1
diff --git a/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index fa4d6dd..b5c1fe5 100644
--- a/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -2,20 +2,20 @@
This document summarizes the changes to the module between releases.
-## Release 4.6.0 (EPICS 7.0.5.* April 2021)
+## Release 4.6.0 (EPICS 7.0.6, Jul 2021)
* Access Security is now supported.
* special has been revised and extended.
* addRecord, removeRecord, processRecord, and traceRecord are replaced by pvdbcr versions.
* support is DEPRECATED
-## Release 4.5.3 (EPICS 7.0.5 Feb 2021)
+## Release 4.5.3 (EPICS 7.0.5, Feb 2021)
* The previously deprecated destroy methods have been removed.
Any application code that was previously calling these can just remove
those calls.
-## Release 4.5.2 (EPICS 7.0.3.2 May 2020)
+## Release 4.5.2 (EPICS 7.0.3.2, May 2020)
* plugin support is new
* fixed issues #53 and #52