diff --git a/doc/README.html.in b/doc/README.html.in
index 5e3867ac9ff55a285ff0d85a9cc81c4e2c4a0ac6..dddda059d26e72e553a2528344b831f531f0e34c 100644
--- a/doc/README.html.in
+++ b/doc/README.html.in
@@ -39,6 +39,18 @@ General Public License for more details.</p>
 
 <h2><a name="news">News</a></h2>
 
+<div class="news-date">Fri Aug 01 2024: </div>
+<p class="news-text">
+<a href="@PACKAGE_URL@pavucontrol-6.1.tar.xz">Version 6.1</a> released.
+Changes:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>Fix translations not being correctly picked up.</li>
+<li>Fix bug where cards don't go away when unplugged.</li>
+<li>Fix app naming in desktop file (Volume Control).</li>
+<li>Fix Bluetooth codec selection alignment.</li>
+<li>Update Swedish translation.</li>
+</ul>
+
 <div class="news-date">Tue May 21 2024: </div>
 <p class="news-text">
 <a href="@PACKAGE_URL@pavucontrol-6.0.tar.xz">Version 6.0</a> released.
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e2bc015761a7460742d1014fbf646ebd1fdaa2b5..bc1a30095e227e5d23d17667e8cf1568626c8d82 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('pavucontrol', 'cpp',
-        version : '6.0',
+        version : '6.1',
         meson_version : '>= 0.50.0',
         default_options : [ 'c_std=gnu11', 'cpp_std=c++17' ]
         )
diff --git a/src/org.pulseaudio.pavucontrol.metainfo.xml.in b/src/org.pulseaudio.pavucontrol.metainfo.xml.in
index 05faf79f9d189f491a8178b2c3a26f550e2bca73..bd63f21027269d2bcb4521bdfe18f187a5bc1d45 100644
--- a/src/org.pulseaudio.pavucontrol.metainfo.xml.in
+++ b/src/org.pulseaudio.pavucontrol.metainfo.xml.in
@@ -39,6 +39,17 @@
     </screenshot>
   </screenshots>
   <releases>
+    <release version="6.1" date="2024-08-01">
+      <description>
+        <ul>
+          <li>Fix translations not being correctly picked up.</li>
+          <li>Fix bug where cards don't go away when unplugged.</li>
+          <li>Fix app naming in desktop file (Volume Control).</li>
+          <li>Fix Bluetooth codec selection alignment.</li>
+          <li>Update Swedish translation.</li>
+        </ul>
+      </description>
+    </release>
     <release version="6.0" date="2024-05-21">
       <description>
         <ul>