diff --git a/apiron-6.0.0.post1.tar.gz b/apiron-6.0.0.post1.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 0954d3b..0000000
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-size 15716
diff --git a/apiron-6.1.0.tar.gz b/apiron-6.1.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b80826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apiron-6.1.0.tar.gz
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diff --git a/python-apiron.changes b/python-apiron.changes
index 1d0e8fa..a921afe 100644
--- a/python-apiron.changes
+++ b/python-apiron.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jan  2 10:35:31 UTC 2022 - Axel Braun <axel.braun@gmx.de>
+
+- version 6.1.0
+  * Add py.typed file so mypy can check against package types in downstream applications
+  * Use interpolation for logging messages to avoid wasted computation
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Aug 29 08:36:10 UTC 2021 - Axel Braun <axel.braun@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/python-apiron.spec b/python-apiron.spec
index 8524b44..402805e 100644
--- a/python-apiron.spec
+++ b/python-apiron.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #
 # spec file
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
-# Copyright (c) 2019 Dr. Axel Braun <DocB@opensuse.org>
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2019-2022 Dr. Axel Braun <DocB@opensuse.org>
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@
 %define skip_python36 1
 %define modname apiron
 Name:           python-%{modname}
-Version:        6.0.0.post1
+Version:        6.1.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Apiron helps you cook a tasty client for RESTful APIs
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://github.com/ithaka/apiron
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/a/apiron/%{modname}-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest-cov}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module requests >= 2.11.1}