diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7d51225d839db5671b2e08059f51a36b50a0bada..50722c3938ff2940c7e028757d04114b63a30b21 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+Knot DNS 1.6.1 (2014-12-13)
+===========================
+
+Bugfixes:
+---------
+ - Journal file would sometimes outgrow its limit (ixfr-fslimit in configuration)
+ - Fixed incompatibility with OpenSSL 0.9.8
+ - Proper handling when hostname cannot be retreived (for NSID and CH)
+
+Features:
+---------
+ - DNSSEC Single Type Signing Scheme is now supported
+
 Knot DNS 1.6.0 (2014-10-23)
 ===========================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fcb9709827213963a247fce6eb61c01a9af52ec6..5f4698c47dac11b20739716e0973397789c46ed2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #                                               -*- Autoconf -*-
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
-AC_INIT([knot], [1.6.0], [knot-dns@labs.nic.cz])
+AC_INIT([knot], [1.6.1], [knot-dns@labs.nic.cz])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([gnits subdir-objects dist-xz -Wall -Werror])
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/knot/main.c])