diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d040d9d..ae529cf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@
 /dnsdist-1.6.0-1.fc35.src.rpm
 /dnsdist-1.6.0-includes.patch
 /dnsdist-1.6.0.tar.bz2
+/dnsdist-1.6.1.tar.bz2
diff --git a/dnsdist.spec b/dnsdist.spec
index 2d51e31..0ed51a8 100644
--- a/dnsdist.spec
+++ b/dnsdist.spec
@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@
 %endif
 
 Name: dnsdist
-Version: 1.6.0
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Version: 1.6.1
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: Highly DNS-, DoS- and abuse-aware loadbalancer
 License: GPLv2
 URL: https://dnsdist.org
 Source0: https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
-Patch1: https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/commit/271363250b7cb66cb8a61723e2af00590fa198b6.diff#/dnsdist-1.6.0-includes.patch
 
 ExcludeArch: %{ix86} #1994125
 ExcludeArch: armv7hl #1994125
@@ -114,6 +113,9 @@ exit 0
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Sep 16 2021 Sander Hoentjen <sander@hoentjen.eu> - 1.6.1-1
+- Update to 1.6.1 (#1884153)
+
 * Tue Sep 14 2021 Sahana Prasad <sahana@redhat.com> - 1.6.0-2
 - Rebuilt with OpenSSL 3.0.0
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 0e80dd2..f0949b8 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-SHA512 (dnsdist-1.6.0.tar.bz2) = f6a1676c431d5622af075bc184c9f82b4ea0bb40ec84797a8fe835804f91bc0a93a745495f193bb52f3a5204ec0e98ed41bc206c997d1f5b13e872bb31747b0f
-SHA512 (dnsdist-1.6.0-includes.patch) = 6d4f867202679adb3a5139ecd159ab2e8584ec57cd77f566da147cade0af2b80cd66d6e98f38a281e190d360aa5ed73b52895743da6b433ced0d4ca968918c0e
+SHA512 (dnsdist-1.6.1.tar.bz2) = 68e114eeb1a7ae8a4ce52a7de31095c46d0ba8f572676a8ef1e858b97da199c04ec88656c7642160ba07b7db325cc2a49cd91794da8dd2e81a5301d089c34f90