diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1c45a0a..030cb08 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 /blocking-1.4.1.crate
 /blocking-1.5.1.crate
 /blocking-1.6.0.crate
+/blocking-1.6.1.crate
diff --git a/rust-blocking.spec b/rust-blocking.spec
index 9b76145..2a8d8dd 100644
--- a/rust-blocking.spec
+++ b/rust-blocking.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 %global crate blocking
 
 Name:           rust-blocking
-Version:        1.6.0
+Version:        1.6.1
 Release:        %autorelease
 Summary:        Thread pool for isolating blocking I/O in async programs
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ff272d5..1c7f518 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (blocking-1.6.0.crate) = 6b45de329933067d62c6848d14b17d64fbc7918daff5a4c307698530388e856dcb787e9b59178551589cfaf54cdeb972b3a3825e8a6ef8ee1fd76c5aee6392e5
+SHA512 (blocking-1.6.1.crate) = 1879bf31c18d5cc4653f794dd4109769ae32071564d3a0d63896162fe160bb5ed3d7d8de59ab34363f8192871122099bb8564ffa93de5a5b75ffd93c0d424ed6