diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 54a1a26..601922e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 Copyright (C) 2014 Tim Rühsen
 
+14.11.2014 Release V0.6.1
+  * include effective_tld_names.dat of date 04.11.2014
+  * fix pkg-config configuration
+
 28.10.2014 Release V0.6.0
   * added support for IP addresses in psl_is_cookie_domain_acceptable()
   * removed qsort_r() for compatibility
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 86370f0..e777e9a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-AC_INIT([libpsl], [0.6.0], [tim.ruehsen@gmx.de], [libpsl], [http://github.com/rockdaboot/libpsl])
+AC_INIT([libpsl], [0.6.1], [tim.ruehsen@gmx.de], [libpsl], [http://github.com/rockdaboot/libpsl])
 AC_PREREQ([2.59])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10 -Wall no-define foreign])