diff --git a/_service b/_service
index ba33dde..9027a87 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <param name="exclude">.git</param>
     <param name="versionformat">@PARENT_TAG@</param>
     <param name="versionrewrite-pattern">v(.*)</param>
-    <param name="revision">v1.6.0</param>
+    <param name="revision">v1.6.1</param>
     <param name="changesgenerate">enable</param>
   </service>
   <service name="recompress" mode="disabled">
diff --git a/_servicedata b/_servicedata
index 5b6f7e0..e93d598 100644
--- a/_servicedata
+++ b/_servicedata
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <servicedata>
 <service name="tar_scm">
                 <param name="url">https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero</param>
-              <param name="changesrevision">b7c166e01984c95368b39bbd1921c6d4c21e785b</param></service></servicedata>
\ No newline at end of file
+              <param name="changesrevision">e22d6591e432b4b9e4c1a662b8e8ca2c674b074f</param></service></servicedata>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/velero-1.6.0.tar.gz b/velero-1.6.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 117b9d4..0000000
--- a/velero-1.6.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:68d8bf3c117b3ddfe7e8005238824e802ede83ce76dd670723663a392f779fc9
-size 10540634
diff --git a/velero-1.6.1.tar.gz b/velero-1.6.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df895dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/velero-1.6.1.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:92f3811d6919325d0e005d52e28e5d31715979851181946e912ecc7bb239e5b8
+size 10383548
diff --git a/velero.changes b/velero.changes
index 9bd96c5..c054c5b 100644
--- a/velero.changes
+++ b/velero.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jun 24 00:21:58 UTC 2021 - jenting.hsiao@suse.com
+
+- Update to version 1.6.1:
+  * Add changelog for v1.6.1
+  * regression introduced in 1.6 restore progress: fix CR restore (#3845)
+  * Skip volume restores from projected sources (#3877)
+  * API groups e2e tests remove controllers (#3564)
+  * Merge pull request #3866 from alaypatel07/fix-projected-volume-for-restic
+  * Consolidate api clients for e2e tests (#3764)
+  * A small refactor of the e2e tests (#3726)
+  * 🐛  Fix plugin name derivation from image name (#3711)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr 14 08:18:10 UTC 2021 - jenting.hsiao@suse.com
 
diff --git a/velero.spec b/velero.spec
index a16435e..0162fed 100644
--- a/velero.spec
+++ b/velero.spec
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 
 
 %define goipath github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero
-%define commit 5bd70fd8eef316d220317245e46dc6016c348dce
+%define commit e22d6591e432b4b9e4c1a662b8e8ca2c674b074f
 %define gitstate clean
 
 Name:           velero
-Version:        1.6.0
+Version:        1.6.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Backup program with deduplication and encryption
 License:        Apache-2.0
diff --git a/vendor.tar.gz b/vendor.tar.gz
index ce22f23..60f97c9 100644
--- a/vendor.tar.gz
+++ b/vendor.tar.gz
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:dabfa0eb8fdd14ed5517104d0b09a1bd94a8f880a4b10ff037b3d437804446d7
-size 7311406
+oid sha256:510038318b79c3b58afd474514e2a809707f22b4e041c3ab730fbaacd9d3b36e
+size 7314739