diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b89d5aab..a987ddf4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-ncmpcpp-0.6.1 (????-??-??)
+ncmpcpp-0.6.1 (2014-11-06)
 
 * Comment tag is now properly written to mp3 files.
 * Only ID3v2.4 tags are now saved to mp3 files.
 * Mouse scrolling with newer ncurses API now works properly.
 * Adding songs from an album in media library now works properly with fetch delay.
 * Adding songs from a playlist in playlist editor now works properly with fetch delay.
+* Trying to fetch lyrics from an empty list doesn't crash the application anymore.
 
 ncmpcpp-0.6 (2014-10-25)
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 878d6b9f..8cd32ca6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 AC_INIT(configure.ac)
 
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ncmpcpp, 0.6.1_pre)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ncmpcpp, 0.6.1)
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)