diff --git a/fhem/CHANGED b/fhem/CHANGED
index e565f3290..5b812c7b6 100644
--- a/fhem/CHANGED
+++ b/fhem/CHANGED
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Add changes at the top of the list. Keep it in ASCII, and 80-char wide.
 # Do not insert empty lines here, update check depends on it.
+ - feature: 6.1 released
+
+- 2021-11-07 (6.1)
  - change:  20_OWFS: Move to deprecated
  - change:  21_OWTEMP: Move to deprecated
  - change:  49_SSCam: set compability to SVS 8.2.10
diff --git a/fhem/Makefile b/fhem/Makefile
index d552b3695..e823085dc 100644
--- a/fhem/Makefile
+++ b/fhem/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # $Id$
 
-VERS=6.0
-DATE=2020-01-26
+VERS=6.1
+DATE=2021-11-26
 
 # used for nightly build
 DATEN=$(shell date +"%Y-%m-%d")
diff --git a/fhem/UPGRADE b/fhem/UPGRADE
index 444dd7046..086c63d7c 100644
--- a/fhem/UPGRADE
+++ b/fhem/UPGRADE
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ enable the old feature.
   - 98_structure: propagateAttr defaults to empty and not to all => setting
     attributes on structure wont be set automatically on the members.
 
-- ????-??-?? (6.1) 
+- 2021-11-07 (6.1) 
   - 98_RandomTimer: evaluate state reading instead of STATE (Value()).
     NOTE: In 6.0 version this can be forced by new attribute offState
   - 96_allowed: the default for allowedIfAuthenticatedByMe is now 1 (relevant
diff --git a/fhem/docs/fhem.html b/fhem/docs/fhem.html
index 8a04bf335..d7ebd6b62 100644
--- a/fhem/docs/fhem.html
+++ b/fhem/docs/fhem.html
@@ -228,10 +228,10 @@
     <a name="Download"></a>
     <h3>Download</h3>
     <ul>
-      Last released version: (as of 2018-10-07): 
-      <a href="http://fhem.de/fhem-5.9.tar.gz">fhem-5.9.tar.gz</a>,
-      <a href="http://fhem.de/fhem-5.9.zip">fhem-5.9.zip</a>,
-      <a href="http://fhem.de/fhem-5.9.deb">fhem-5.9.deb</a>,
+      Last released version: (as of 2021-11-07): 
+      <a href="http://fhem.de/fhem-6.1.tar.gz">fhem-6.1.tar.gz</a>,
+      <a href="http://fhem.de/fhem-6.1.zip">fhem-6.1.zip</a>,
+      <a href="http://fhem.de/fhem-6.1.deb">fhem-6.1.deb</a>,
       <br>
       See the <a href="CHANGED">CHANGED</a> file for the change history or the 
       <a href="SVNLOG">svn log</a> for a more detailed log.<br><br>
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
     <ul>
     <h4>Debian/Ubuntu/Raspbian</h4>
     <ul>
-      <li>Install <a href="http://fhem.de/fhem-5.9.deb">this</a> package.
+      <li>Install <a href="http://fhem.de/fhem-6.1.deb">this</a> package.
       For a better integration check out <a
       href="http://debian.fhem.de/">debian.fhem.de</a>
     </ul>
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
           Device::SerialPort perl module, install it with "sudo cpan
           Device::SerialPort" or "apt-get install libdevice-serialport-perl".
           </li>
-      <li>Download the <a href="http://fhem.de/fhem-5.9.tar.gz">
+      <li>Download the <a href="http://fhem.de/fhem-6.1.tar.gz">
           .tar.gz</a> package, unpack it, and change to the unpacked directory.
       <li>start FHEM directly from this directory (perl fhem.pl fhem.cfg).
     </ul>
diff --git a/fhem/fhem.pl b/fhem/fhem.pl
index 92c350285..2720eeff9 100755
--- a/fhem/fhem.pl
+++ b/fhem/fhem.pl
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ my $readytimeout = ($^O eq "MSWin32") ? 0.1 : 5.0;
 
 $init_done = 0;
 $lastDefChange = 0;
-$featurelevel = 6.0; # see also GlobalAttr
+$featurelevel = 6.1; # see also GlobalAttr
 $numCPUs = `grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo 2>&1` if($^O eq "linux");
 $numCPUs = ($numCPUs && $numCPUs =~ m/(\d+)/ ? $1 : 1);