diff --git a/nfd/Makefile b/nfd/Makefile
index cb3261a..97af272 100644
--- a/nfd/Makefile
+++ b/nfd/Makefile
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 GIT_URL=https://github.com/named-data/NFD.git
 
 # Tag name or commit hash for checkout
-GIT_VERSION=de33245d9f82b1bcb666ab1312e50d1998022496
+GIT_VERSION=NFD-0.6.1
 
 # Package name
 NAME=nfd
 
 # Package version
-VERSION=0.6.0-40-gde33245d
+VERSION=0.6.1
 
 # PPA version
 PPA_VERSION=1