diff --git a/_service b/_service
deleted file mode 100644
index cc98c2e..0000000
--- a/_service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<services>
-	<service name="tar_scm" mode="disabled">
-		<param name="scm">git</param>
-		<param name="url">https://github.com/coelckers/prboom-plus</param>
-		<param name="revision">15431b3a9aac0800c72276aa8dabb13a8f12632e</param>
-		<param name="versionformat">2.6um+g@TAG_OFFSET@</param>
-	</service>
-	<service name="recompress" mode="disabled">
-		<param name="file">*.tar</param>
-		<param name="compression">xz</param>
-	</service>
-	<service name="set_version" mode="disabled"/>
-</services>
diff --git a/prboom-plus-2.6um+g81.tar.xz b/prboom-plus-2.6um+g81.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index 2462de8..0000000
--- a/prboom-plus-2.6um+g81.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:112668c55d041cdf7306b7e55adb4d8b0a74524acf7464db724b3058d6ae55ec
-size 1131916
diff --git a/prboom-plus.changes b/prboom-plus.changes
index 9fe3a6f..6a34664 100644
--- a/prboom-plus.changes
+++ b/prboom-plus.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug 16 09:27:59 UTC 2021 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Update to release 2.6.1um
+  * Allow colored blood to get set/overridden by DEHACKED
+  * Made the Ouch Face fix available on all complevels
+  * Added the autoload folder feature from Chocolate Doom
+  * Made Doom sound quirk fixes available on all complevels
+  * UMAPINFO: introduce the new 'label' field (#308)
+  * Fixed a levelstat crash
+  * Added a "-coop_spawns" parameter for using "coop in single-player" mode
+  * UMAPINFO: entries without defined 'levelname' fall back to default
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat May  1 13:01:20 UTC 2021 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/prboom-plus.spec b/prboom-plus.spec
index 0d95424..b2d78e5 100644
--- a/prboom-plus.spec
+++ b/prboom-plus.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           prboom-plus
-Version:        2.6um+g81
+Version:        2.6.1um
 Release:        0
 Summary:        DOOM source port with demo compatibility
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Group:          Amusements/Games/3D/Shoot
 URL:            http://prboom-plus.sf.net/
 
 #Git-Clone:	https://github.com/coelckers/prboom-plus
-Source:         %name-%version.tar.xz
+Source:         https://github.com/coelckers/prboom-plus/archive/refs/tags/v%version.tar.gz
 Patch1:         prboom-nodatetime.diff
 Patch2:         prboom-enable-tessellation.diff
 Patch3:         prboom-hbar-all.diff
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ PrBoom+ is a conservative Doom source port. It features:
 
 %build
 pushd prboom2/
-%cmake -DDOOMWADDIR="%_datadir/doom"
+%cmake -DDOOMWADDIR="%_datadir/doom" -DPRBOOMDATADIR="%_datadir/doom"
 %cmake_build
 popd
 
diff --git a/v2.6.1um.tar.gz b/v2.6.1um.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f97846e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v2.6.1um.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:dc8f06a2fe2dd0ca436d5861cec93e7d18ee4571b96caa07dc217ce77e9c4c4e
+size 1555792