diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d5062ff..1901d19 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ freeipmi-0.8.8.tar.gz
 /freeipmi-1.5.5.tar.gz
 /freeipmi-1.5.6.tar.gz
 /freeipmi-1.5.7.tar.gz
+/freeipmi-1.6.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/freeipmi-1.5.6-manpage.patch b/freeipmi-1.5.6-manpage.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 78e4c1d..0000000
--- a/freeipmi-1.5.6-manpage.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-diff -urNp old/man/freeipmi.7.pre.in new/man/freeipmi.7.pre.in
---- old/man/freeipmi.7.pre.in	2017-03-29 20:04:58.000000000 +0200
-+++ new/man/freeipmi.7.pre.in	2017-07-10 09:42:52.387883247 +0200
-@@ -87,20 +87,20 @@ found in each of the tool manpages.
- The primary tools that most users of FreeIPMI will be interested in
- for system management are the following:
- .PP
--.B Ipmi-sensors
-+.B ipmi-sensors
- .PP
- A tool to read IPMI sensor readings to aid in system monitoring.
- .PP
--.B Ipmi-sel
-+.B ipmi-sel
- .PP
- A tool to read and manage IPMI System Event Log (SEL) records to aid
- in system debugging.
- .PP
--.B Ipmipower
-+.B ipmipower
- .PP
- A tool for remote power control.
- .PP
--.B Ipmiconsole
-+.B ipmiconsole
- .PP
- A tool for Serial-over-Lan (SOL) console access.
- .PP
diff --git a/freeipmi.spec b/freeipmi.spec
index 7b2fbf6..cc90a41 100644
--- a/freeipmi.spec
+++ b/freeipmi.spec
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2003 FreeIPMI Core Team
 
 Name:             freeipmi
-Version:          1.5.7
-Release:          4%{?dist}
+Version:          1.6.1
+Release:          1%{?dist}
 Summary:          IPMI remote console and system management software
 License:          GPLv3+
 URL:              http://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ BuildRequires:    libgcrypt-devel texinfo systemd
 %{?systemd_requires}
 BuildRequires:    gcc
 Requires(post):   /sbin/ldconfig
-Patch1:           freeipmi-1.5.6-manpage.patch
 
 %description
 The FreeIPMI project provides "Remote-Console" (out-of-band) and
@@ -354,6 +353,9 @@ fi
 %dir %{_localstatedir}/cache/ipmiseld
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Apr 10 2018 Josef Ridky <jridky@redhat.com> - 1.6.1-1
+- New upstream release 1.6.1 (#1541578)
+
 * Thu Mar 08 2018 Josef Ridky <jridky@redhat.com> - 1.5.7-4
 - Fix gcc dependency
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 31d3c23..f9a7ca1 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (freeipmi-1.5.7.tar.gz) = a4d39d11d4e4b9635c272ee3a197729ac61c3e1c909c202498fb480c41289116eb933cd716fe2e0b5aa6dc258751ee204892bfb009398b6d5c2c65ee1cc58544
+SHA512 (freeipmi-1.6.1.tar.gz) = f8ee5b3b59c0ccffeb52717a134cb8c149e42f3f66ea20420e4efbdbdc79d527e52e6d20b2a75a4406bc8c2190f368f83d8d36cef611eeeabd58ff7bf95380e5