diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4c72b8c..df22b20 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 /ucx-1.5.1.tar.gz
 /ucx-1.5.2.tar.gz
 /ucx-1.6.0.tar.gz
+/ucx-1.6.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 50b50e2..6d9b64a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (ucx-1.6.0.tar.gz) = 3d329cb968b12fdb2944ce9ed8d8225ddc748fe766e74a3da333b1f81a9fb83c17459fb7f1273b2a3963e91213c85af37eed17963222a9bd9194dfb98e5a7415
+SHA512 (ucx-1.6.1.tar.gz) = 26cda3e7a3c21449fcd652be1b3d034371dab88f5c28f0c38e6c60da29169ddf0207d484d28da2a1acc1178fdc46cb8b17267abfe7e78e9ae90c1e72ef8d614f
diff --git a/ucx.spec b/ucx.spec
index 0b6b7c5..df53f76 100644
--- a/ucx.spec
+++ b/ucx.spec
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
 %bcond_with    xpmem
 
 Name: ucx
-Version: 1.6.0
+Version: 1.6.1
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: UCX is a communication library implementing high-performance messaging
 
 License: BSD
 URL: http://www.openucx.org
-Source: https://github.com/openucx/%{name}/releases/download/v1.6.0/ucx-1.6.0.tar.gz
+Source: https://github.com/openucx/%{name}/releases/download/v1.6.1/ucx-1.6.1.tar.gz
 
 BuildRoot: %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
 
@@ -271,6 +271,8 @@ process to map the memory of another process into its virtual address space.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Jul 20 2019 Yossi Itigin <yosefe@mellanox.com> 1.6.1-1
+- Bump version to 1.6.1
 * Thu Jan 24 2019 Yossi Itigin <yosefe@mellanox.com> 1.6.0-1
 - Add cma, knem, and xpmem sub-packages
 * Tue Nov 20 2018 Yossi Itigin <yosefe@mellanox.com> 1.6.0-1