diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 46921cf..ea31dfe 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 Release Notes; upgrade information mainly.
 Features/major bugfixes are listed in NEWS
 
+portage-2.3.61
+==================================
+* Bug Fixes:
+    - Bug 677776 gnome2_icon_cache_update -> xdg_icon_cache_update
+    - Bug 677800 Don't define a default for ACCEPT_LICENSE
+    - Bug 678218 locks: handle sshfs hardlink inode numbers
+    - FL-6227 cpuinfo: use better available CPU calculation
+
+
 portage-2.3.60
 ==================================
 * Bug Fixes:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fe97bc7..bda3e22 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@
 
 setup(
 	name = 'portage',
-	version = '2.3.60',
+	version = '2.3.61',
 	url = 'https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage',
 	author = 'Gentoo Portage Development Team',
 	author_email = 'dev-portage@gentoo.org',