diff --git a/src/frontends/gnome/NEWS b/src/frontends/gnome/NEWS
index 18b60628c..2b867f796 100644
--- a/src/frontends/gnome/NEWS
+++ b/src/frontends/gnome/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+NetworkManager-strongswan-1.6.1
+-------------------------------
+
+- Migrated from intltool to gettext
+- Remove dependency on gnome-common
+
 NetworkManager-strongswan-1.6.0
 -------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/frontends/gnome/configure.ac b/src/frontends/gnome/configure.ac
index b12b9654a..4ee967f31 100644
--- a/src/frontends/gnome/configure.ac
+++ b/src/frontends/gnome/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 
-AC_INIT([NetworkManager-strongswan],[1.6.0],[info@strongswan.org],[NetworkManager-strongswan])
+AC_INIT([NetworkManager-strongswan],[1.6.1],[info@strongswan.org],[NetworkManager-strongswan])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE