diff --git a/fuse-overlayfs.spec b/fuse-overlayfs.spec
index 798d5f6..95a3835 100644
--- a/fuse-overlayfs.spec
+++ b/fuse-overlayfs.spec
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 %{!?_modulesloaddir:%global _modulesloaddir %{_usr}/lib/modules-load.d}
 
 Name: fuse-overlayfs
-Version: 1.5.0
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Version: 1.6
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: FUSE overlay+shiftfs implementation for rootless containers
 License: GPLv3+
 URL: %{git0}
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ modprobe fuse > /dev/null 2>&1 || :
 %{_modulesloaddir}/fuse-overlayfs.conf
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jun 23 2021 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 1.6-1
+- update to https://github.com/containers/fuse-overlayfs/releases/tag/v1.6
+- Related: #1970747
+
 * Thu Apr 15 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 1.5.0-2
 - Rebuilt for RHEL 9 BETA on Apr 15th 2021. Related: rhbz#1947937
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index a6908f6..8324159 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (v1.5.0.tar.gz) = 8b902284c5306e9ee2c3e9e62aacc795828d27a86cc91d5e40a013b000662f3ee0896ef94b6bffb8c4919c04573cddefbd185394d66eb429f7e9e2a727bee4fa
+SHA512 (v1.6.tar.gz) = ed4a555b93be89bf95fdff9672915e78787df313ecd00663bb92616afb9516a9ea90443a16433771667b992217ed6d65d2181ec9489642e7865b48a636895170