diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ff6af5f8..ee26cd9f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [alpha-0.6.1] - 2020-08-02
+
+### Added
+
+- added experimental NNTP backend
+- added server extension support and use in account status tab
+
+### Fixed
+
+- imap: fixed IDLE connection getting stuck when using DEFLATE
+
 ## [alpha-0.6.0] - 2020-07-29
 
 ### Added
@@ -70,3 +81,4 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 [unreleased]: #
 [alpha-0.5.1]: https://github.com/meli/meli/releases/tag/alpha-0.5.1
 [alpha-0.6.0]: https://github.com/meli/meli/releases/tag/alpha-0.6.0
+[alpha-0.6.1]: https://github.com/meli/meli/releases/tag/alpha-0.6.1
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 497225d0..0cdd387f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ checksum = "60302e4db3a61da70c0cb7991976248362f30319e88850c487b9b95bbf059e00"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "meli"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.6.1"
 dependencies = [
  "async-task",
  "bincode",
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "melib"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.6.1"
 dependencies = [
  "async-stream",
  "base64 0.12.3",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 63faa6a8..58c166bb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "meli"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.6.1"
 authors = ["Manos Pitsidianakis <el13635@mail.ntua.gr>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ default-run = "meli"
 name = "meli"
 path = "src/bin.rs"
 
-
-[[bin]]
-name = "managesieve"
-path = "src/managesieve.rs"
+#[[bin]]
+#name = "managesieve-meli"
+#path = "src/managesieve.rs"
 
 #[[bin]]
 #name = "async"
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ crossbeam = "0.7.2"
 signal-hook = "0.1.12"
 signal-hook-registry = "1.2.0"
 nix = "0.17.0"
-melib = { path = "melib", version = "0.6.0" }
+melib = { path = "melib", version = "0.6.1" }
 
 serde = "1.0.71"
 serde_derive = "1.0.71"
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 646271a2..b047cc80 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+meli (0.6.1-1) buster; urgency=low
+
+  * added experimental NNTP backend
+  * added server extension support and use in account status tab
+  * imap: fixed IDLE connection getting stuck when using DEFLATE
+
+ -- Manos Pitsidianakis <epilys@nessuent.xyz>  Sun, 02 Aug 2020 01:09:05 +0200
 meli (0.6.0-1) buster; urgency=low
 
   * Update to 0.6.0
diff --git a/melib/Cargo.toml b/melib/Cargo.toml
index b34c931a..878d86b4 100644
--- a/melib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/melib/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "melib"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.6.1"
 authors = ["Manos Pitsidianakis <epilys@nessuent.xyz>"]
 workspace = ".."
 edition = "2018"