diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 9727b44..8e3d220 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sword-1.6.0.tar.gz
+sword-1.6.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e5f7ed2..46ecabd 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-292ca38b2427168b19d629b48a428dde  sword-1.6.0.tar.gz
+347e72f73313ff3ba700368db76a5d50  sword-1.6.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/sword.spec b/sword.spec
index 9bcc159..26a412f 100644
--- a/sword.spec
+++ b/sword.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 Name:           sword           
-Version:        1.6.0
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        1.6.1
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Free Bible Software Project
 
 Group:          System Environment/Libraries
 License:        GPLv2
 URL:            http://www.crosswire.org/sword/
-Source0:        http://www.crosswire.org/ftpmirror/pub/sword/source/v1.5/sword-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source0:        http://www.crosswire.org/ftpmirror/pub/sword/source/v1.6/sword-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
 BuildRequires:  curl-devel
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_libdir}/libsword.so
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 13 2010 Deji Akingunola <dakingun@gmail.com> - 1.6.1-1
+- Update to version 1.6.1
+
 * Sun Jul 26 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.6.0-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild