diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5acf371..b70e8d7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 /check_updates-1.5.1.tar.gz
 /check_updates-1.5.2.tar.gz
 /check_updates-1.6.0.tar.gz
+/check_updates-1.6.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/nagios-plugins-check-updates.spec b/nagios-plugins-check-updates.spec
index 8e4ba82..a23e9f1 100644
--- a/nagios-plugins-check-updates.spec
+++ b/nagios-plugins-check-updates.spec
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 %define debug_package %{nil}
 
 Name:          nagios-plugins-check-updates
-Version:       1.6.0
-Release:       2%{?dist}
+Version:       1.6.1
+Release:       1%{?dist}
 Summary:       A Nagios plugin to check if Red Hat or Fedora system is up-to-date
 
 Group:         Applications/System
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Dec 10 2012 Jose Pedro Oliveira <jpo at di.uminho.pt> - 1.6.1-1
+- Update to 1.6.1.
+
 * Fri Jul 20 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.6.0-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 830393d..22e0a9b 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-18e9b435e63cd9bc7962eaa5daa0d313  check_updates-1.6.0.tar.gz
+ca19a240d23178f57145112a7fe5028a  check_updates-1.6.1.tar.gz