diff --git a/Doc/changelog.docu b/Doc/changelog.docu
index 1b48275c..95626909 100644
--- a/Doc/changelog.docu
+++ b/Doc/changelog.docu
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 <!-- --------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
 
+<tr valign=top><td><b>6.1</b> (?/?/?)</td><td>
+
+</tr>
+
 
 <tr valign=top><td><b>6.0</b> (2016/29/04)</td><td>
 
@@ -18,7 +22,7 @@
 <ul>
 <li>Obj reader: added texCoord3d functions to objloader</li>
 <li>PLY Reader: Don't emit warning for every complex face but warn only once in the end.</li>
-<li>Importer: Integrate non-manifold faces while importing and not at the end. Fixes missing properties on non-manifolds. (Thanks to Max Limper for the patch, Merge Request 51)<li>
+<li>Importer: Integrate non-manifold faces while importing and not at the end. Fixes missing properties on non-manifolds. (Thanks to Max Limper for the patch, Merge Request 51)</li>
 </ul>
 
 <b>VectorT</b>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6d9d708e..df469817 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# OpenMesh, 6.0
+# OpenMesh, 6.1
 
 
 ## Getting OpenMesh
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 3ef4bbd4..b4208bed 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-VERSION=6
+VERSION=6.1
 MAJOR=6
-MINOR=0
+MINOR=1
 PATCH=0
 ID=OPENMESH
 
diff --git a/cmake/FindOpenMesh.cmake b/cmake/FindOpenMesh.cmake
index 1a21f716..6e34ccb1 100644
--- a/cmake/FindOpenMesh.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindOpenMesh.cmake
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ IF (NOT OPENMESH_FOUND)
     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/OpenMesh/src/OpenMesh"
     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/libs_required/OpenMesh/src/OpenMesh"
     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../OpenMesh/src/OpenMesh"
+    "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 6.1"
     "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 6.0"
     "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 5.2"
     "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 5.1"
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ IF (NOT OPENMESH_FOUND)
     "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 2.4.1"
     "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 2.4"
     "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 2.0/include"
+    "C:/libs/OpenMesh 6.1"
     "C:/libs/OpenMesh 6.0"
     "C:/libs/OpenMesh 5.2"
     "C:/libs/OpenMesh 5.1"
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/System/config.h b/src/OpenMesh/Core/System/config.h
index 8a32b132..3588235d 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/System/config.h
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/System/config.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-#define OM_VERSION 0x60000
+#define OM_VERSION 0x60100
 //#define OM_VERSION 0x50100
 
 // only defined, if it is a beta version