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diff --git a/python-pyotherside.changes b/python-pyotherside.changes
index 4fd5f3c..15e6c8e 100644
--- a/python-pyotherside.changes
+++ b/python-pyotherside.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jun 20 13:03:59 UTC 2024 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 1.6.1:
+  * Dropped support for Python < 3.8 (PR#131)
+  * Added support for Python 3.12 (PR#131)
+  * Support for Qt 6.5 and newer (backwards-incompatible
+    ``Q_RETURN_ARG()`` change) (fixes #128)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jan  7 19:46:27 UTC 2024 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-pyotherside.spec b/python-pyotherside.spec
index 5852e04..5cdd8c9 100644
--- a/python-pyotherside.spec
+++ b/python-pyotherside.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 %define srcname pyotherside
 %bcond_without test
 Name:           python-pyotherside
-Version:        1.6.0
+Version:        1.6.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Asynchronous Python 3 Bindings for Qt 5
 License:        ISC