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-size 442217
diff --git a/libxls-1.6.1.tar.gz b/libxls-1.6.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
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+oid sha256:dbc35fbb7e83bb15adab21db6af8351b52485064e5b7e47685264cba4a99fcf8
+size 443736
diff --git a/libxls.changes b/libxls.changes
index ea919e3..6964433 100644
--- a/libxls.changes
+++ b/libxls.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep  9 14:46:43 UTC 2020 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Update to release 1.6.1
+  * Enabled decoding of non-Unicode character sets in older
+    (BIFF5) XLS files.
+  * Improved string conversion performance in newer files.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug 25 15:54:47 UTC 2020 - Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/libxls.spec b/libxls.spec
index d17a5fb..d6f95e7 100644
--- a/libxls.spec
+++ b/libxls.spec
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 
 
 Name:           libxls
-%define lname libxlsreader1
-Version:        1.5.3
+%define lname libxlsreader8
+Version:        1.6.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Library for Parsing Excel (XLS) Files
 License:        BSD-2-Clause
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
-URL:            http://libxls.sourceforge.net/
+URL:            https://github.com/libxls/libxls
 Source:         https://github.com/libxls/libxls/releases/download/v%version/libxls-%version.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config