diff --git a/_posts/releases/2012-05-04-v0.6.1.md b/_posts/releases/2012-05-04-v0.6.1.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+layout: post
+title: Bitcoin version 0.6.1 released
+category: releases
+---
+Bitcoin version 0.6.1 is now available for download at:
+<http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.6.1/>
+
+This is a bug-fix and code-cleanup release, with no major new features.
+
+Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
+<https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues>
+
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
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--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 layout: index
 section: index
 title: P2P digital currency
-DOWNLOAD_VERSION: 0.6.0
+DOWNLOAD_VERSION: 0.6.1
 ALERT_CLASS:
 ALERT:
 ---
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ ALERT:
                         <img src="img/ico-ubuntu.png" class="icon">Ubuntu PPA</a>
                       </li>
                       <li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-{{ page.DOWNLOAD_VERSION }}/bitcoin-{{ page.DOWNLOAD_VERSION }}-linux.tar.gz/download">
-                        <img src="img/ico-tux.png" class="icon"/>Linux (tgz, 32/64-bit)</a> <small>~10MB</small>
+                        <img src="img/ico-tux.png" class="icon"/>Linux (tgz, 32/64-bit)</a> <small>~11MB</small>
                       </li>
                       <li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-{{ page.DOWNLOAD_VERSION }}/bitcoin-{{ page.DOWNLOAD_VERSION }}-macosx.dmg/download">
-                        <img src="img/ico-osx-uni.png" class="icon">Mac OS X</a> <small>~11MB</small>
+                        <img src="img/ico-osx-uni.png" class="icon">Mac OS X</a> <small>~12MB</small>
                       </li>
                       <li>or get the <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin">source code</a> (GitHub)</li>
                     </ul>