diff --git a/nemo-5.6.0.tar.gz b/nemo-5.6.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 311e727..0000000
--- a/nemo-5.6.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:1a5084ef175d1d39a5ae9374444cdc5778dec6f9fa3789383f848b1bd31abd9d
-size 1496505
diff --git a/nemo-5.6.1.tar.gz b/nemo-5.6.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70dae80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nemo-5.6.1.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:0154c2ca3b6c64889d93fe625d2111996e3acfe004089025d349b4c7543ffca7
+size 1496434
diff --git a/nemo.changes b/nemo.changes
index b35056d..3902be2 100644
--- a/nemo.changes
+++ b/nemo.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan  2 19:28:14 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 5.6.1:
+  * pathbar/entry: Give entry-preferred mode the same persistent behavior as
+    pathbar-preferred.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Dec  4 14:23:12 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/nemo.spec b/nemo.spec
index c318fbc..fd7d81e 100644
--- a/nemo.spec
+++ b/nemo.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package nemo
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 %define sover   1
 %define typelib typelib-1_0-Nemo-3_0
 Name:           nemo
-Version:        5.6.0
+Version:        5.6.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        File browser for Cinnamon
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later