diff --git a/libbpf-0.5.0.tar.gz b/libbpf-0.5.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 56c205f..0000000
--- a/libbpf-0.5.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:d5b27980ceab9a80b6f28d3e67b51cea526fda49bd13151ba966e33548feb4f4
-size 815083
diff --git a/libbpf-0.6.1.tar.gz b/libbpf-0.6.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6689972
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libbpf-0.6.1.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:ce3a8eb32d85ac48490256597736d8b27e0a5e947a0731613b7aba6b4ae43ac0
+size 858232
diff --git a/libbpf.changes b/libbpf.changes
index 56b0d06..c094688 100644
--- a/libbpf.changes
+++ b/libbpf.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Dec 11 10:37:27 UTC 2021 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Update to release 0.6.1
+  * Introduce legacy kprobe events support
+  * Add legacy uprobe attaching support
+  * Support uniform BTF-defined key/value specification across
+    all BPF maps
+  * Support kernel module function calls
+  * Support detecting and attaching of writable tracepoint
+    program
+  * Add bloom filter map implementation
+  * Add typeless and weak ksym support to gen_loader
+  * Add RISC-V (RV64) support to bpf_tracing.h
+  * Deprecate AF_XDP support
+  * Support BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Sep 27 11:02:49 UTC 2021 - Shung-Hsi Yu <shung-hsi.yu@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/libbpf.spec b/libbpf.spec
index fb884c8..2df242b 100644
--- a/libbpf.spec
+++ b/libbpf.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 %define sover_major 0
 %define libname libbpf%{sover_major}
 Name:           libbpf
-Version:        0.5.0
+Version:        0.6.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        C library for managing eBPF programs and maps
 License:        LGPL-2.1-only
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ cd src
 %make_install V=1
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/%{name}.a
 
+# sigh forgot it
+perl -i -lpe 's{Version: 0.6.0}{Version: %version}' "%{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libbpf.pc"
+
 %post -n %{libname} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n %{libname} -p /sbin/ldconfig