diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7c2c844..805579f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@
 /marco-1.14.2.tar.xz
 /marco-1.15.0.tar.xz
 /marco-1.16.0.tar.xz
+/marco-1.16.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/marco.spec b/marco.spec
index 0f4c97f..4676bc4 100644
--- a/marco.spec
+++ b/marco.spec
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 %{!?rel_build:%global git_tar %{name}-%{version}-%{git_ver}.tar.xz}
 
 Name:          marco
-Version:       %{branch}.0
+Version:       %{branch}.1
 %if 0%{?rel_build}
-Release:       2%{?dist}
+Release:       1%{?dist}
 %else
 Release:       0.3%{?git_rel}%{?dist}
 %endif
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ URL:           http://mate-desktop.org
 # Source for snapshot-builds.
 %{!?rel_build:Source0:    http://git.mate-desktop.org/%{name}/snapshot/%{name}-%{commit}.tar.xz#/%{git_tar}}
 
-# https://github.com/mate-desktop/marco/issues/251
-# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1419634
-Patch1:        marco_0001-Revert-compositor-fix-possible-crash-closing-destroy-1.16.patch
-
 BuildRequires: desktop-file-utils
 BuildRequires: gtk3-devel
 BuildRequires: libcanberra-devel
@@ -86,8 +82,6 @@ Development files for marco
 %prep
 %setup -q%{!?rel_build:n %{name}-%{commit}}
 
-%patch1 -p1 -b .0001
-
 %if 0%{?rel_build}
 #NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
 %else # 0%{?rel_build}
@@ -168,6 +162,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed May 10 2017 Wolfgang Ulbrich <chat-to-me@raveit.de> - 1.16.1-1
+- update to 1.16.1 release
+
 * Sat May 06 2017 Wolfgang Ulbrich <fedora@raveit.de> - 1.16.0-2
 - fix for https://github.com/mate-desktop/marco/issues/251
 - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1419634
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index a3b7693..e2af8ec 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9301161d69c78a2b4f4878399161e012  marco-1.16.0.tar.xz
+SHA512 (marco-1.16.1.tar.xz) = c5f88d71378a210e6490edab2db8bedf12eb013ce89fe232863c6538b240f38b7393474893bcead6904aad1835d1dc8794328e71235f17194ba3f0c3c426de36