diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 34d3fb5..58f921e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -72,3 +72,4 @@
 /harfbuzz-1.5.0.tar.bz2
 /harfbuzz-1.5.1.tar.bz2
 /harfbuzz-1.6.0.tar.bz2
+/harfbuzz-1.6.1.tar.bz2
diff --git a/harfbuzz.spec b/harfbuzz.spec
index bd29873..2a90c9e 100644
--- a/harfbuzz.spec
+++ b/harfbuzz.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           harfbuzz
-Version:        1.6.0
+Version:        1.6.1
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Text shaping library
 
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.la
 %{_libdir}/libharfbuzz-icu.so.*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Oct 23 2017 Parag Nemade <pnemade AT redhat DOT com> - 1.6.1-1
+- Update to 1.6.1 version (#1505192)
+
 * Sat Oct 21 2017 Parag Nemade <pnemade AT redhat DOT com> - 1.6.0-1
 - Update to 1.6.0 version (#1504371)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index caca46b..cdd3eaa 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (harfbuzz-1.6.0.tar.bz2) = 392c7055d7fe9bc3fea07e62fa9d00407c98d502de7b42937f434c6127f660521706d3b2c0afbc61ad636676abb50bafe73afb15b9090f0fe1f75443f1f34706
+SHA512 (harfbuzz-1.6.1.tar.bz2) = c4235fa2b27914dd4b2093c3c568d173f1e6bd16af23ab96350b3e74132eccaf18f6fa391b0f749f73344931a8f9af7f0e5271db9d7c9565bd98be366867f7dc