diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2f17754..94506e5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+libxkbcommon 0.6.1 - 2016-04-08
+==================
+
+- Add LICENSE to distributed files in tarball releases.
+
+- Minor typo fix in xkb_keymap_get_as_string() documentation.
+
+
 libxkbcommon 0.6.0 - 2016-03-16
 ==================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0dcaebc..cbaf51f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to create configure.
 
 # Initialize Autoconf
 AC_PREREQ([2.62])
-AC_INIT([libxkbcommon], [0.6.0],
+AC_INIT([libxkbcommon], [0.6.1],
         [https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=libxkbcommon],
         [libxkbcommon], [http://xkbcommon.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([Makefile.am])