diff --git a/param-1.6.0.tar.gz b/param-1.6.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 3491faa..0000000
--- a/param-1.6.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:6d98e093df457d1b2db849fb911d33b67c47551f09521aa40b938ebc836b29db
-size 55291
diff --git a/param-1.6.1.tar.gz b/param-1.6.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c232030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/param-1.6.1.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:9a41e6fc6ff48f6a0c0403e97b500d7788f11c5b06278c93f3265510d5445115
+size 54805
diff --git a/python-param.changes b/python-param.changes
index 2635dbc..e120b39 100644
--- a/python-param.changes
+++ b/python-param.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri May 11 23:11:13 UTC 2018 - arun@gmx.de
+
+- update to version 1.6.1:
+  * Restores support for the previous versioning system (pre 1.6; see
+    #225), and fixes a number of issues with the new versioning
+    system:
+    + Allow package name to differ from repository name
+      (pyviz/autover#39)
+    + Allow develop install to work when repository is dirty
+      (pyviz/autover#41)
+    + Fixed failure to report dirty when commit count is 0
+      (pyviz/autover#44)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr 18 02:07:38 UTC 2018 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/python-param.spec b/python-param.spec
index eac43ea..251388d 100644
--- a/python-param.spec
+++ b/python-param.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-param
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX Products 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
@@ -18,17 +18,17 @@
 
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-param
-Version:        1.6.0
+Version:        1.6.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Declarative Python programming using Parameters
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
-Url:            http://ioam.github.com/param/
+URL:            http://ioam.github.com/param/
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/param/param-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRequires:  fdupes
-BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
+BuildRequires:  fdupes
+BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 Recommends:     python-numpy
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %python_subpackages
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ as part of other projects.
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 
 %files %{python_files}
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc LICENSE.txt README.rst
+%license LICENSE.txt
+%doc README.rst
 %{python_sitelib}/param/
 %{python_sitelib}/numbergen/
 %{python_sitelib}/param-%{version}-py*.egg-info