diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b397aca..6e946a7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 /librdkafka-1.3.0.tar.gz
 /librdkafka-1.5.0.tar.gz
 /librdkafka-1.6.0.tar.gz
+/librdkafka-1.6.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/librdkafka.spec b/librdkafka.spec
index 1157213..fb8d2af 100644
--- a/librdkafka.spec
+++ b/librdkafka.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:		librdkafka
-Version:	1.6.0
+Version:	1.6.1
 Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	The Apache Kafka C library
 
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ find %{buildroot} -name '*-static.pc' -delete -print
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 08 2021 Attila Lakatos <alakatos@redhat.com> - 1.6.1-1
+- Update to upstream 1.6.1
+  resolves: rhbz#1932286
+
 * Wed Feb 03 2021 Neal Gompa <ngompa@datto.com> - 1.6.0-1
 - Update to upstream 1.6.0
   resolves: rhbz#1883910
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 7791c8f..9c373e2 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (librdkafka-1.6.0.tar.gz) = b58d701f71342eb2c29ecd5aa0514af351b5a5d2282768e034b5995300fcbe2c416d6b4e15dfaddaacf2ec3b7571a320bf5356ade3fe33598d3f05f99f6553ba
+SHA512 (librdkafka-1.6.1.tar.gz) = 19f64f275c7cd1c60f026a466c79021549e4acced60e6c01b364944ddb2f4a2c0784ab35031275c406b638a14b958c6f904177e51e2fcb4d058c541d046677dc