diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8e7b59f792c4cb122a4fda8dad365afa31083d7d..69a4f627dadc2344b55de7d80dddf06963507d75 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ plugins {
 	id "org.sonarqube" version "3.2.0"
 }
 
-version = '1.6.1-SNAPSHOT'
+version = '1.6.1'
 
 task buildGUI(type: Exec) {
 	println 'Building using Angular CLI'
diff --git a/build_and_publish.sh b/build_and_publish.sh
index 0498bf89eaf44c545eb12f15c192b99f8ef8b7b4..9f0ab49e444269dba1037ff857914b34ab6860eb 100644
--- a/build_and_publish.sh
+++ b/build_and_publish.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-TAG=1.6.0
+TAG=1.6.1
 PACKAGE=nmaas-portal
 REPOSITORY=artifactory.geant.net/nmaas-docker-local
 sudo docker build --rm -t $REPOSITORY/$PACKAGE:$TAG -f ./Dockerfile ..