diff --git a/blessings-1.6.1.tar.gz b/blessings-1.6.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dca2f0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blessings-1.6.1.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:74919575885552e14bc24a68f8b539690bd1b5629180faa830b1a25b8c7fb6ea
+size 20122
diff --git a/blessings-1.6.tar.gz b/blessings-1.6.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 29dd5bd..0000000
--- a/blessings-1.6.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:edc5713061f10966048bf6b40d9a514b381e0ba849c64e034c4ef6c1847d3007
-size 19974
diff --git a/python-blessings.changes b/python-blessings.changes
index 742c83d..f913cdf 100644
--- a/python-blessings.changes
+++ b/python-blessings.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Jan  6 17:14:43 UTC 2018 - arun@gmx.de
+
+- specfile:
+  * update copyright year
+
+- update to version 1.6.1:
+  * Don’t crash if number_of_colors() is called when run in a
+    non-terminal or when does_styling is otherwise false.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Aug 24 13:33:25 UTC 2017 - jmatejek@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-blessings.spec b/python-blessings.spec
index b992a4b..7c1dad6 100644
--- a/python-blessings.spec
+++ b/python-blessings.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-blessings
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-blessings
-Version:        1.6
+Version:        1.6.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A thin, practical wrapper around terminal capabilities in Python
 License:        MIT