diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 98bfc3fcc90a30ed9e77abb1913d550b51fe0fef..cdd49bf72e26f7e042c8bec12d805ea7d4c36720 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.1)
 project (opendht)
 set (opendht_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
-set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 6.0)
+set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 6.1)
 set (opendht_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION_MAJOR}.${opendht_VERSION_MINOR})
 set (PACKAGE_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION})
 set (VERSION "${opendht_VERSION}")
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f8475cc974b5ce75bd1223c674edb38d9d45cd9f..604d985e7bc704fef398bb7549259c6dab6dc4e0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl define macros
 m4_define([opendht_major_version], 1)
 m4_define([opendht_minor_version], 6)
-m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 0)
+m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 1)
 m4_define([opendht_version],
 		  [opendht_major_version.opendht_minor_version.opendht_patch_version])