diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b1558fe..5074e08 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ libvpx-0.9.1.tar.bz2
 /v1.4.0.tar.gz
 /libvpx-1.5.0.tar.bz2
 /libvpx-1.6.0.tar.bz2
+/v1.6.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/libvpx.spec b/libvpx.spec
index b9b8c22..1e89440 100644
--- a/libvpx.spec
+++ b/libvpx.spec
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 
 Name:			libvpx
 Summary:		VP8/VP9 Video Codec SDK
-Version:		1.6.0
-Release:		2%{?dist}
+Version:		1.6.1
+Release:		1%{?dist}
 License:		BSD
 Group:			System Environment/Libraries
-Source0:		http://downloads.webmproject.org/releases/webm/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+#Source0:		http://downloads.webmproject.org/releases/webm/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Source0:		https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
 # Thanks to debian.
 Source2:		libvpx.ver
 URL:			http://www.webmproject.org/code/
@@ -188,6 +189,9 @@ popd
 %{_bindir}/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 16 2017 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 1.6.1-1
+- update to 1.6.1
+
 * Thu Jan 12 2017 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 1.6.0-2
 - enable vp9-highbitdepth (thanks to mike@cchtml.com)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 3575259..588eb3f 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-f95a176768a0e1bb4fe42742e27a41af  libvpx-1.6.0.tar.bz2
+SHA512 (v1.6.1.tar.gz) = 13b7eb515d026b302b8c484d6f06df067feb5aed4ceac953d85fe84fd684dab07e89ddbf80b4f395c6d9127709422156287e5754f49246050b2e18930adb3970