diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3d80a3c..cfb418b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+# Version 1.6.1
+_2026-07-01_
+
+Restores _some_ checksums:
+
+* `maven-metadata.md5`, `maven-metadata.sha1` (because `maven` outputs a scary warning without them)
+* All the `.sha512` checksums (because Gradle uses them to validate caches contents)
+
+All in all, nmcp now publishes `.md5`, `.sha1`, `.sha512` for all files except for signature files (`.asc`) where no checksums are required.
+
+Long term, I'd love to drop the `.md5` and `.sha1` checksums. That would require both maven and Sonatype to stop requesting them.
+
+Many thanks to @marcphilipp and @leonard84 for helping me navigate this issue 💙 
+
 # Version 1.6.0
 _2026-06-21_
 
diff --git a/docs/src/content/docs/index.mdx b/docs/src/content/docs/index.mdx
index c907c1c..5d6e7bd 100644
--- a/docs/src/content/docs/index.mdx
+++ b/docs/src/content/docs/index.mdx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Add the `com.gradleup.nmcp.settings` plugin to your `settings.gradle[.kts]` file
 ```kotlin
 // settings.gradle[.kts]
 plugins {
-  id("com.gradleup.nmcp.settings").version("1.5.0")
+  id("com.gradleup.nmcp.settings").version("1.6.1")
 }
 
 nmcpSettings {
diff --git a/docs/src/content/docs/manual-configuration.mdx b/docs/src/content/docs/manual-configuration.mdx
index 6543c99..9b3a144 100644
--- a/docs/src/content/docs/manual-configuration.mdx
+++ b/docs/src/content/docs/manual-configuration.mdx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ In the project where you want to upload the deployment (typically your root proj
 ```kotlin
 // build.gradle.kts
 plugins {
-  id("com.gradleup.nmcp.aggregation").version("1.6.0")
+  id("com.gradleup.nmcp.aggregation").version("1.6.1")
 }
 
 nmcpAggregation {
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 0eea342..4a94b51 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ksp = "2.3.9"
 gratatouille-runtime = "0.2.3"
 gratatouille-plugin = "0.2.3"
 gradle-api = "8.8"
-nmcp = "1.6.1-SNAPSHOT-bc109494c52d3a4a6af265bb71af40e6138c39e1"
+nmcp = "1.6.1-SNAPSHOT-f0114cb014b5ada1c16ad827ddbb9d0ce2e9a8c6"
 
 [libraries]
 json = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-json:1.11.0"
diff --git a/librarian.root.properties b/librarian.root.properties
index 7f4c49b..fef40c4 100644
--- a/librarian.root.properties
+++ b/librarian.root.properties
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ kdoc.artifactId=kdoc
 kdoc.allProjects=true
 
 pom.groupId=com.gradleup.nmcp
-pom.version=1.6.1-SNAPSHOT
+pom.version=1.6.2-SNAPSHOT
 pom.description=New Maven Central Publishing
 pom.vcsUrl=https://github.com/gradleup/nmcp
 pom.developer=nmcp authors
diff --git a/nmcp/testProjects/duplicate-name/build.gradle.kts b/nmcp/testProjects/duplicate-name/build.gradle.kts
index 627c5fe..bac8aa4 100644
--- a/nmcp/testProjects/duplicate-name/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/nmcp/testProjects/duplicate-name/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
   id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm").version("2.3.0").apply(false)
-  id("com.gradleup.nmcp.aggregation").version("1.6.1-SNAPSHOT")
+  id("com.gradleup.nmcp.aggregation").version("1.6.2-SNAPSHOT")
 }
 
 group = "com.example"
diff --git a/nmcp/testProjects/empty-aggregation/build.gradle.kts b/nmcp/testProjects/empty-aggregation/build.gradle.kts
index 8fe60b3..ebc77e9 100644
--- a/nmcp/testProjects/empty-aggregation/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/nmcp/testProjects/empty-aggregation/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 plugins {
-  id("com.gradleup.nmcp.aggregation").version("1.6.1-SNAPSHOT")
+  id("com.gradleup.nmcp.aggregation").version("1.6.2-SNAPSHOT")
 }