diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 52fd17560..5936a5c19 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for unbound 1.6.0.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for unbound 1.6.1.
 #
 # Report bugs to <unbound-bugs@nlnetlabs.nl>.
 #
@@ -590,8 +590,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='unbound'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='unbound'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='1.6.0'
-PACKAGE_STRING='unbound 1.6.0'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='1.6.1'
+PACKAGE_STRING='unbound 1.6.1'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='unbound-bugs@nlnetlabs.nl'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures unbound 1.6.0 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures unbound 1.6.1 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of unbound 1.6.0:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of unbound 1.6.1:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1658,7 +1658,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-unbound configure 1.6.0
+unbound configure 1.6.1
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -2367,7 +2367,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by unbound $as_me 1.6.0, which was
+It was created by unbound $as_me 1.6.1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -2719,11 +2719,11 @@ UNBOUND_VERSION_MAJOR=1
 
 UNBOUND_VERSION_MINOR=6
 
-UNBOUND_VERSION_MICRO=0
+UNBOUND_VERSION_MICRO=1
 
 
 LIBUNBOUND_CURRENT=6
-LIBUNBOUND_REVISION=3
+LIBUNBOUND_REVISION=4
 LIBUNBOUND_AGE=4
 # 1.0.0 had 0:12:0
 # 1.0.1 had 0:13:0
@@ -2774,6 +2774,7 @@ LIBUNBOUND_AGE=4
 # 1.5.9 had 6:1:4
 # 1.5.10 had 6:2:4
 # 1.6.0 had 6:3:4
+# 1.6.1 had 6:4:4
 
 #   Current  -- the number of the binary API that we're implementing
 #   Revision -- which iteration of the implementation of the binary
@@ -19920,7 +19921,7 @@ _ACEOF
 
 
 
-version=1.6.0
+version=1.6.1
 
 date=`date +'%b %e, %Y'`
 
@@ -20435,7 +20436,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by unbound $as_me 1.6.0, which was
+This file was extended by unbound $as_me 1.6.1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -20501,7 +20502,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-unbound config.status 1.6.0
+unbound config.status 1.6.1
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d85053935..2b22584a2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ sinclude(dnstap/dnstap.m4)
 # must be numbers. ac_defun because of later processing
 m4_define([VERSION_MAJOR],[1])
 m4_define([VERSION_MINOR],[6])
-m4_define([VERSION_MICRO],[0])
+m4_define([VERSION_MICRO],[1])
 AC_INIT(unbound, m4_defn([VERSION_MAJOR]).m4_defn([VERSION_MINOR]).m4_defn([VERSION_MICRO]), unbound-bugs@nlnetlabs.nl, unbound)
 AC_SUBST(UNBOUND_VERSION_MAJOR, [VERSION_MAJOR])
 AC_SUBST(UNBOUND_VERSION_MINOR, [VERSION_MINOR])
 AC_SUBST(UNBOUND_VERSION_MICRO, [VERSION_MICRO])
 
 LIBUNBOUND_CURRENT=6
-LIBUNBOUND_REVISION=3
+LIBUNBOUND_REVISION=4
 LIBUNBOUND_AGE=4
 # 1.0.0 had 0:12:0
 # 1.0.1 had 0:13:0
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ LIBUNBOUND_AGE=4
 # 1.5.9 had 6:1:4
 # 1.5.10 had 6:2:4
 # 1.6.0 had 6:3:4
+# 1.6.1 had 6:4:4
 
 #   Current  -- the number of the binary API that we're implementing
 #   Revision -- which iteration of the implementation of the binary
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index ea19605c4..15295671a 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 8 December 2016: Wouter
 	- Fix downcast warnings from visual studio in sldns code.
-	- tag 1.6.0rc1 which became 1.6.0 on 15 dec.
+	- tag 1.6.0rc1 which became 1.6.0 on 15 dec, and trunk is 1.6.1.
 
 7 December 2016: Ralph
 	- Add DSA support for OpenSSL 1.1.0