diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ad30164..4db65a5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+* fuse-overlayfs-0.6.1
+
+- fix a regression introduced with 0.6 where UNIX sockets could not be correctly created.
+
 * fuse-overlayfs-0.6
 
 - fix an issue where changes to an inode would not be visible from another hard link.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9681a76..b0d8c3e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([fuse-overlayfs], [0.6], [giuseppe@scrivano.org])
+AC_INIT([fuse-overlayfs], [0.6.1], [giuseppe@scrivano.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([main.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])