diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index fad2a47..c3a5797 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 Revision history for Perl extension IPTables::Parse.
 
+1.6.1 Sat Nov 21 10:45:15 2015
+    - Add 'tmpdir', 'iptout_pat', and 'ipterr_pat' optional hash keys when
+      acquiring an IPTables::Parse object. These keys allow a temporary
+      directory to be specified for iptables stdout/stderr, and the default
+      paths are '/some/tmp/dir/iptout.XXXXXX' and '/some/tmp/dir/ipterr.XXXXXX'
+      respectively. The 'iptout_pat' and 'ipterr_pat' keys allow the file paths
+      to be changed.
+
 1.6 Sat Nov 07 08:45:15 2015
     - (Miloslav Trmač) Fixed a vulnerability to not use predictable names for
       temporary files. This vulnerability would allow an attacker on a multi-
diff --git a/META.json b/META.json
index d9e6301..928dadf 100644
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@
       }
    },
    "release_status" : "stable",
-   "version" : "1.6"
+   "version" : "1.6.1"
 }
diff --git a/META.yml b/META.yml
index 35d2c0b..e67a55e 100644
--- a/META.yml
+++ b/META.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- #YAML:1.1
 name:               IPTables-Parse
-version:            1.6
+version:            1.6.1
 abstract:           Perl extension for parsing iptables and ip6tables firewall rulesets
 author:
     - Michael Rash <mbr@cipherdyne.org>
diff --git a/README b/README
index c1c8ec6..252e2fb 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-IPTables-Parse version 1.6
+IPTables-Parse version 1.6.1
 ===========================
 
 The README is used to introduce the module and provide instructions on
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 810ee4e..9c6d629 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6
+1.6.1
diff --git a/lib/IPTables/Parse.pm b/lib/IPTables/Parse.pm
index 0dde4c3..72b4f27 100644
--- a/lib/IPTables/Parse.pm
+++ b/lib/IPTables/Parse.pm
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #
 # Author: Michael Rash (mbr@cipherdyne.org)
 #
-# Version: 1.6
+# Version: 1.6.1
 #
 ##################################################################
 #
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 use vars qw($VERSION);
 
-$VERSION = '1.6';
+$VERSION = '1.6.1';
 
 sub new() {
     my $class = shift;
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ this address if there are any questions, comments, or bug reports.
 
 =head1 VERSION
 
-Version 1.6 (November, 2015)
+Version 1.6.1 (November, 2015)
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE