diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 642a86b0..6396d883 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # NEWS
 
+1.6.1 - 2016-07-10
+------------------
+- fix: close socket on error (#308)
+- improvement: handle errors in `hackney_response:wait_status` (#313)
+- improvement: make pathencode faster (#317)
+- fix: typo (#321)
+- fix: elixir 1.4 warnings (#325)
+
 1.6.0 - 2016-03-25
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c43c89b9..5f514d09 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Copyright (c) 2012-2016 Benoît Chesneau.
 
-__Version:__ 1.6.0
+__Version:__ 1.6.1
 
 # hackney
 
diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md
index c74b96d6..fc7948ac 100644
--- a/doc/README.md
+++ b/doc/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Copyright (c) 2012-2016 Benoît Chesneau.
 
-__Version:__ 1.6.0
+__Version:__ 1.6.1
 
 # hackney
 
diff --git a/doc/hackney.md b/doc/hackney.md
index aa506277..102927ae 100644
--- a/doc/hackney.md
+++ b/doc/hackney.md
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ Args:
 {ssl_options, ssl_options()}, Others]`
 
 * `connect_options()`: The default connect_options are
-`[binary, {active, false}, {packet, raw}])` . Vor valid options
+`[binary, {active, false}, {packet, raw}])`. For valid options
 see the gen_tcp options.
 
 * `ssl_options()`: See the ssl options from the ssl
diff --git a/doc/overview.edoc b/doc/overview.edoc
index 2cdac39c..bb1d0c11 100644
--- a/doc/overview.edoc
+++ b/doc/overview.edoc
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 @copyright 2012-2016 Benoît Chesneau.
-@version 1.6.0
+@version 1.6.1
 @title hackney - HTTP client library in Erlang
 
 @doc
diff --git a/src/hackney.app.src b/src/hackney.app.src
index 2bebce94..9a54c6e6 100644
--- a/src/hackney.app.src
+++ b/src/hackney.app.src
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {application, hackney,
  [
  {description, "simple HTTP client"},
- {vsn, "1.6.0"},
+ {vsn, "1.6.1"},
  {registered, [hackney_pool]},
  {applications, [kernel,
                  stdlib,