diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cf88fea..8a49c3d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ Via svn:
 
     svn checkout https://github.com/unittest-cpp/unittest-cpp/trunk unittest-cpp
 
-### Latest release (v1.6.0) ###
+### Latest release (v1.6.1) ###
 
 Via git:
 
     git clone https://github.com/unittest-cpp/unittest-cpp
     cd unittest-cpp
-    git checkout v1.6.0
+    git checkout v1.6.1
 
 Via svn:
 
-    svn checkout https://github.com/unittest-cpp/unittest-cpp/tags/v1.6.0 unittest-cpp
+    svn checkout https://github.com/unittest-cpp/unittest-cpp/tags/v1.6.1 unittest-cpp
 
 License
 ---------
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Contributors
 * Charles Nicholson (charles.nicholson@gmail.com) @charlesnicholson
 
 ### Original Authors: ###
-* Noel Llopis (llopis@convexhull.com) 
+* Noel Llopis (llopis@convexhull.com)
 * Charles Nicholson (charles.nicholson@gmail.com)
 
 ### Contributors not included in github history ###
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Historic release notes
 - Standard streams can be optionally compiled off by defining UNITTEST_USE_CUSTOM_STREAMS
   in Config.h
 - Added named test suites
-- Added CHECK_ARRAY2D_CLOSE 
+- Added CHECK_ARRAY2D_CLOSE
 - Posix library name is libUnitTest++.a now
 - Floating point numbers are postfixed with 'f' in the failure reports
 
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 28dc4fc..71e4398 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version: 1.6.0.{build}
+version: 1.6.1.{build}
 
 os:
   - Windows Server 2012 R2
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fbf92c8..6b81131 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([UnitTest++], [1.6.0], [pjohnmeyer@gmail.com])
+AC_INIT([UnitTest++],
+        m4_esyscmd_s([git describe --tags | cut -c2-]),
+        [pjohnmeyer@gmail.com],
+        [unittest-cpp])
+
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([UnitTest++/TestDetails.cpp])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 647476e..06cc26c 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 check_PROGRAMS = UnitTest++/TestUnitTest++
-UnitTest___TestUnitTest___SOURCES = tests/Main.cpp tests/TestAssertHandler.cpp tests/TestCheckMacros.cpp tests/TestChecks.cpp tests/TestCompositeTestReporter.cpp tests/TestCurrentTest.cpp tests/TestDeferredTestReporter.cpp tests/TestExceptions.cpp tests/TestMemoryOutStream.cpp tests/TestRequireMacrosWithExceptionsOff.cpp tests/TestRequireMacrosWithExceptionsOn.cpp tests/TestTest.cpp tests/TestTestList.cpp tests/TestTestMacros.cpp tests/TestTestResults.cpp tests/TestTestRunner.cpp tests/TestTestSuite.cpp tests/TestTimeConstraint.cpp tests/TestTimeConstraintMacro.cpp tests/TestUnitTestPP.cpp tests/TestXmlTestReporter.cpp
+
+UnitTest___TestUnitTest___SOURCES = tests/Main.cpp tests/TestAssertHandler.cpp tests/TestCheckMacros.cpp tests/TestChecks.cpp tests/TestCompositeTestReporter.cpp tests/TestCurrentTest.cpp tests/TestDeferredTestReporter.cpp tests/TestExceptions.cpp tests/TestMemoryOutStream.cpp tests/TestRequireMacrosWithExceptionsOff.cpp tests/TestRequireMacrosWithExceptionsOn.cpp tests/TestTest.cpp tests/TestTestList.cpp tests/TestTestMacros.cpp tests/TestTestResults.cpp tests/TestTestRunner.cpp tests/TestTestSuite.cpp tests/TestTimeConstraint.cpp tests/TestTimeConstraintMacro.cpp tests/TestUnitTestPP.cpp tests/TestXmlTestReporter.cpp tests/RecordingReporter.h tests/ScopedCurrentTest.h
 UnitTest___TestUnitTest___LDADD = UnitTest++/libUnitTest++.la
 TESTS = UnitTest++/TestUnitTest++