diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1f6ea34c2b..e3b1526218 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ m4_define([year_version], [2018])
 m4_define([release_version], [6])
 m4_define([package_version], [year_version.release_version])
 AC_INIT([libostree], [package_version], [walters@verbum.org])
-is_release_build=no
+is_release_build=yes
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([buildutil])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
diff --git a/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym b/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
index 832ab84c11..a4040ba60d 100644
--- a/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
+++ b/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
@@ -18,59 +18,6 @@
 ***/
 
 /* Add new symbols here.  Release commits should copy this section into -released.sym. */
-LIBOSTREE_2018.6 {
-global:
-  ostree_collection_ref_dup;
-  ostree_collection_ref_dupv;
-  ostree_collection_ref_equal;
-  ostree_collection_ref_free;
-  ostree_collection_ref_freev;
-  ostree_collection_ref_get_type;
-  ostree_collection_ref_hash;
-  ostree_collection_ref_new;
-  ostree_remote_get_name;
-  ostree_remote_get_type;
-  ostree_remote_get_url;
-  ostree_remote_ref;
-  ostree_remote_unref;
-  ostree_repo_find_remotes_async;
-  ostree_repo_find_remotes_finish;
-  ostree_repo_finder_avahi_get_type;
-  ostree_repo_finder_avahi_new;
-  ostree_repo_finder_avahi_start;
-  ostree_repo_finder_avahi_stop;
-  ostree_repo_finder_config_get_type;
-  ostree_repo_finder_config_new;
-  ostree_repo_finder_get_type;
-  ostree_repo_finder_mount_get_type;
-  ostree_repo_finder_mount_new;
-  ostree_repo_finder_override_add_uri;
-  ostree_repo_finder_override_get_type;
-  ostree_repo_finder_override_new;
-  ostree_repo_finder_resolve_all_async;
-  ostree_repo_finder_resolve_all_finish;
-  ostree_repo_finder_resolve_async;
-  ostree_repo_finder_resolve_finish;
-  ostree_repo_finder_result_compare;
-  ostree_repo_finder_result_dup;
-  ostree_repo_finder_result_free;
-  ostree_repo_finder_result_freev;
-  ostree_repo_finder_result_get_type;
-  ostree_repo_finder_result_new;
-  ostree_repo_get_collection_id;
-  ostree_repo_list_collection_refs;
-  ostree_repo_pull_from_remotes_async;
-  ostree_repo_pull_from_remotes_finish;
-  ostree_repo_remote_list_collection_refs;
-  ostree_repo_resolve_collection_ref;
-  ostree_repo_resolve_keyring_for_collection;
-  ostree_repo_set_collection_id;
-  ostree_repo_set_collection_ref_immediate;
-  ostree_repo_transaction_set_collection_ref;
-  ostree_repo_traverse_reachable_refs;
-  ostree_sysroot_cleanup_prune_repo;
-  ostree_validate_collection_id;
-} LIBOSTREE_2018.5;
 
 /* Stub section for the stable release *after* this development one; don't
  * edit this other than to update the last number.  This is just a copy/paste
diff --git a/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym b/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
index 533bc5c2fa..c3c1d502b1 100644
--- a/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
+++ b/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
@@ -473,6 +473,60 @@ LIBOSTREE_2018.5 {
   ostree_repo_traverse_commit_union_with_parents;
 } LIBOSTREE_2018.3;
 
+LIBOSTREE_2018.6 {
+global:
+  ostree_collection_ref_dup;
+  ostree_collection_ref_dupv;
+  ostree_collection_ref_equal;
+  ostree_collection_ref_free;
+  ostree_collection_ref_freev;
+  ostree_collection_ref_get_type;
+  ostree_collection_ref_hash;
+  ostree_collection_ref_new;
+  ostree_remote_get_name;
+  ostree_remote_get_type;
+  ostree_remote_get_url;
+  ostree_remote_ref;
+  ostree_remote_unref;
+  ostree_repo_find_remotes_async;
+  ostree_repo_find_remotes_finish;
+  ostree_repo_finder_avahi_get_type;
+  ostree_repo_finder_avahi_new;
+  ostree_repo_finder_avahi_start;
+  ostree_repo_finder_avahi_stop;
+  ostree_repo_finder_config_get_type;
+  ostree_repo_finder_config_new;
+  ostree_repo_finder_get_type;
+  ostree_repo_finder_mount_get_type;
+  ostree_repo_finder_mount_new;
+  ostree_repo_finder_override_add_uri;
+  ostree_repo_finder_override_get_type;
+  ostree_repo_finder_override_new;
+  ostree_repo_finder_resolve_all_async;
+  ostree_repo_finder_resolve_all_finish;
+  ostree_repo_finder_resolve_async;
+  ostree_repo_finder_resolve_finish;
+  ostree_repo_finder_result_compare;
+  ostree_repo_finder_result_dup;
+  ostree_repo_finder_result_free;
+  ostree_repo_finder_result_freev;
+  ostree_repo_finder_result_get_type;
+  ostree_repo_finder_result_new;
+  ostree_repo_get_collection_id;
+  ostree_repo_list_collection_refs;
+  ostree_repo_pull_from_remotes_async;
+  ostree_repo_pull_from_remotes_finish;
+  ostree_repo_remote_list_collection_refs;
+  ostree_repo_resolve_collection_ref;
+  ostree_repo_resolve_keyring_for_collection;
+  ostree_repo_set_collection_id;
+  ostree_repo_set_collection_ref_immediate;
+  ostree_repo_transaction_set_collection_ref;
+  ostree_repo_traverse_reachable_refs;
+  ostree_sysroot_cleanup_prune_repo;
+  ostree_validate_collection_id;
+} LIBOSTREE_2018.5;
+
 /* NOTE: Only add more content here in release commits!  See the
  * comments at the top of this file.
  */
diff --git a/tests/test-symbols.sh b/tests/test-symbols.sh
index 501bedeb54..57e5f6e1f7 100755
--- a/tests/test-symbols.sh
+++ b/tests/test-symbols.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ echo 'ok documented symbols'
 
 # ONLY update this checksum in release commits!
 cat > released-sha256.txt <<EOF
-60c9d53a0ab64f018ad51d835caf7aae27a3d50918ca8ac401fd49945ba636cc  ${released_syms}
+0d9b42d7e6694a6875962e253c0ffc61f8363dfdfb78f41b843223708cae60d5  ${released_syms}
 EOF
 sha256sum -c released-sha256.txt