diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 768dbe6..2796722 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-m17n-lib-1.6.0.tar.gz
+m17n-lib-1.6.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/m17n-lib.spec b/m17n-lib.spec
index 4c87363..b24fb2e 100644
--- a/m17n-lib.spec
+++ b/m17n-lib.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 %bcond_with gui
 
 Name:    m17n-lib
-Version:  1.6.0
+Version:  1.6.1
 Release:  1%{?dist}
 Summary:  Multilingual text library
 
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Apr 27 2010 Parag Nemade <pnemade AT redhat.com> - 1.6.1-1
+- update to new upstream release 1.6.1
+
 * Wed Apr 07 2010 Parag Nemade <pnemade AT redhat.com> - 1.6.0-1
 - update to new upstream release 1.6.0
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index afbb670..b92ff4c 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-d6138f9283cedfc2880e6b8849abb336  m17n-lib-1.6.0.tar.gz
+3a0ee7b65eefa0042a7efd3d855104f2  m17n-lib-1.6.1.tar.gz