diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 50b4af8..06f4ac3 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ begin
   require 'jeweler'
   Jeweler::Tasks.new do |gemspec|
     gemspec.name = "calendar_date_select"
-    gemspec.version = File.read("VERSION")
+    gemspec.version = File.read("VERSION").strip
     gemspec.summary = "Calendar date picker for rails"
     gemspec.description = "Calendar date picker for rails"
     gemspec.email = ""
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 810ee4e..9c6d629 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6
+1.6.1
diff --git a/calendar_date_select.gemspec b/calendar_date_select.gemspec
index 0e71d4c..8fe391b 100644
--- a/calendar_date_select.gemspec
+++ b/calendar_date_select.gemspec
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{calendar_date_select}
-  s.version = "1.6"
+  s.version = "1.6.1"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Shih-gian Lee", "Enrique Garcia Cota (kikito)", "Tim Charper", "Lars E. Hoeg"]
-  s.date = %q{2010-03-25}
+  s.date = %q{2010-03-29}
   s.description = %q{Calendar date picker for rails}
   s.email = %q{}
   s.extra_rdoc_files = [
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.homepage = %q{http://github.com/timcharper/calendar_date_select}
   s.rdoc_options = ["--charset=UTF-8"]
   s.require_paths = ["lib"]
-  s.rubygems_version = %q{1.3.5}
+  s.rubygems_version = %q{1.3.6}
   s.summary = %q{Calendar date picker for rails}
   s.test_files = [
     "spec/calendar_date_select/calendar_date_select_spec.rb",
diff --git a/lib/calendar_date_select/calendar_date_select.rb b/lib/calendar_date_select/calendar_date_select.rb
index 0c101a2..7a72af7 100644
--- a/lib/calendar_date_select/calendar_date_select.rb
+++ b/lib/calendar_date_select/calendar_date_select.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module CalendarDateSelect
-  VERSION = '1.6
-'
+  VERSION = '1.6.1'
+
   FORMATS = {
     :natural => {
       :date => "%B %d, %Y",
diff --git a/public/javascripts/calendar_date_select/calendar_date_select.js b/public/javascripts/calendar_date_select/calendar_date_select.js
index 385e343..d3cccb7 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/calendar_date_select/calendar_date_select.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/calendar_date_select/calendar_date_select.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// CalendarDateSelect version 1.6 - a prototype based date picker
+// CalendarDateSelect version 1.6.1 - a prototype based date picker
 // Questions, comments, bugs? - see the project page: http://code.google.com/p/calendardateselect
 if (typeof Prototype == 'undefined') alert("CalendarDateSelect Error: Prototype could not be found. Please make sure that your application's layout includes prototype.js (.g. <%= javascript_include_tag :defaults %>) *before* it includes calendar_date_select.js (.g. <%= calendar_date_select_includes %>).");
 if (Prototype.Version < "1.6") alert("Prototype 1.6.0 is required.  If using earlier version of prototype, please use calendar_date_select version 1.8.3");