diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 66b384b..9e92632 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+03/11/2024
+- release 1.6.1
+
 03/08/2024
 - add support for RFC 8705 OAuth 2.0 Mutual-TLS Certificate-Bound Access Tokens to the NGINX binding
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 78f223c..fb70730 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([liboauth2],[1.6.1dev],[hans.zandbelt@openidc.com])
+AC_INIT([liboauth2],[1.6.1],[hans.zandbelt@openidc.com])
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign no-define subdir-objects])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
diff --git a/liboauth2_apache.pc.in b/liboauth2_apache.pc.in
index cd60b42..daffcaf 100644
--- a/liboauth2_apache.pc.in
+++ b/liboauth2_apache.pc.in
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ Name: liboauth2_apache
 URL: https://github.com/OpenIDC/liboauth2
 Description: Apache C bindings for liboauth2
 Version: @VERSION@
-Requires: liboauth2 >= 1.5.0, apr-1, apr-util-1
+Requires: liboauth2 >= 1.6.1, apr-1, apr-util-1
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
 Libs: -L${libdir} -loauth2_apache
diff --git a/liboauth2_nginx.pc.in b/liboauth2_nginx.pc.in
index 53c48b7..615bd8c 100644
--- a/liboauth2_nginx.pc.in
+++ b/liboauth2_nginx.pc.in
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ Name: liboauth2_nginx
 URL: https://github.com/OpenIDC/liboauth2
 Description: NGINX C bindings for liboauth2
 Version: @VERSION@
-Requires: liboauth2 >= 1.5.0
+Requires: liboauth2 >= 1.6.1
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
 Libs: -L${libdir} -loauth2_nginx