diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a51eed9..40f04c3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ libica-2.0.3.tar.gz
 /libica-2.2.0.tar.gz
 /libica-2.3.0.tar.gz
 /libica-2.4.2.tgz
+/libica-2.6.1.tgz
diff --git a/libica-2.3-zcrypt.patch b/libica-2.3-zcrypt.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7022c77..0000000
--- a/libica-2.3-zcrypt.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-diff -up libica-2.3.0/src/include/s390_rsa.h.zcrypt libica-2.3.0/src/include/s390_rsa.h
---- libica-2.3.0/src/include/s390_rsa.h.zcrypt	2014-05-29 11:28:24.000000000 +0200
-+++ libica-2.3.0/src/include/s390_rsa.h	2014-05-29 11:28:32.000000000 +0200
-@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
- #ifndef S390_RSA_H
- #define S390_RSA_H
- 
-+#include <stdint.h>
- #include <openssl/bn.h>
- #include <asm/zcrypt.h>
- #include "ica_api.h"
diff --git a/libica-2.4-version.patch b/libica-2.6-version.patch
similarity index 68%
rename from libica-2.4-version.patch
rename to libica-2.6-version.patch
index 415c0d2..f73f6a0 100644
--- a/libica-2.4-version.patch
+++ b/libica-2.6-version.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-From 3edb86b1057f98bb70017f7998532c62e60ead12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 2d53de6d9ca485bc851aad08eee4bbc39833905e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: =?UTF-8?q?Dan=20Hor=C3=A1k?= <dan@danny.cz>
 Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 17:19:28 +0200
 Subject: [libica PATCH] use a new variable for tracking the API version
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ Subject: [libica PATCH] use a new variable for tracking the API version
  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 
 diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
-index 241ab0d..caa17bc 100644
+index e0cd36e..1ac15be 100644
 --- a/configure.in
 +++ b/configure.in
 @@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  
- AC_INIT(libica, 2.4.0, ingo.tuchscherer@linux.vnet.ibm.com)
+ AC_INIT(libica, 2.6.1, ingo.tuchscherer@linux.vnet.ibm.com)
  
 +LIBICA_API=2.0
 +AC_SUBST(LIBICA_API)
@@ -23,18 +23,18 @@ index 241ab0d..caa17bc 100644
  
  # Compute $target
 diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
-index 98fe2e8..df4ee1b 100644
+index 74da268..d9ee00b 100644
 --- a/src/Makefile.am
 +++ b/src/Makefile.am
 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ INCLUDES = -I ./include -I ../include
  
  lib_LTLIBRARIES = libica.la
  
--libica_la_LDFLAGS = -version-number 2:4:0 $(PACKAGE_VERSION) -lrt -lcrypto
+-libica_la_LDFLAGS = -version-number 2:6:1 $(PACKAGE_VERSION) -lrt -lcrypto
 +libica_la_LDFLAGS = -release $(LIBICA_API) -lrt -lcrypto
- 
  libica_la_SOURCES = icalinux.c ica_api.c init.c icastats_shared.c \
- 		    s390_rsa.c s390_crypto.c s390_common.c s390_des.c \
+ 		    s390_rsa.c s390_crypto.c s390_common.c \
+ 		    s390_prng.c s390_sha.c opencryptoki_api.c \
 -- 
-1.9.3
+2.4.3
 
diff --git a/libica.spec b/libica.spec
index 0caf95a..9ad8e4f 100644
--- a/libica.spec
+++ b/libica.spec
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
 Summary: Library for accessing ICA hardware crypto on IBM zSeries
 Name: libica
-Version: 2.4.2
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Version: 2.6.1
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: CPL
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencryptoki/
 Source0: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/opencryptoki/%{name}-%{version}.tgz
 # soname backwards compatibility
-Patch0: %{name}-2.4-version.patch
-# fix build with recent kernels
-Patch2: %{name}-2.3-zcrypt.patch
+Patch0: %{name}-2.6-version.patch
 BuildRequires: openssl-devel
 BuildRequires: autoconf automake libtool
 ExclusiveArch: s390 s390x
-Provides: %{name}-utils = 2.0.2-2
-Obsoletes: %{name}-utils < 2.0.2-2
 
 %description
 A library of functions and utilities for accessing ICA hardware crypto on
@@ -37,7 +33,6 @@ IBM zSeries.
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}
 
 %patch0 -p1 -b .version
-%patch2 -p1 -b .zcrypt
 
 # fix EOLs
 sed -i -e 's/\r//g' LICENSE
@@ -75,6 +70,9 @@ rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/libica.la
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar 17 2016 Dan Horák <dan[at]danny.cz> - 2.6.1-1
+- updated to 2.6.1
+
 * Thu Feb 04 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.4.2-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 3a7f2df..d52a05a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1b6b3cd69df6c6d33795ac34f05f1fa8  libica-2.4.2.tgz
+28a337b165b516f5eb9f9ee5e88eb5e6  libica-2.6.1.tgz