diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4c77add1..0f4af8cf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2008-01-04  Marcus Brinkmann  <marcus@g10code.de>
 
+	Release GPGME 1.1.6.
+
 	* configure.ac: Support gpgconf.
 
 2007-09-27  Marcus Brinkmann  <marcus@g10code.de>
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d64a3ebc..d268942c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
-Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.6 (unreleased)
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.6 (2008-01-04)
 ------------------------------------------------
 
  * Bug fixes for for W32.
 
+ * A new, experimental (and thus undocumented and potentially
+   unstable) interface for accessing gpg-conf through GPGME has been
+   added.
+
  * Interface changes relative to the 1.1.1 release:
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  gpgme_signature_t               EXTENDED: New field chain_model.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fcae5ab5..24493196 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ min_automake_version="1.9.3"
 # SVN version is the most recent one in a branch.  To disable the SVN
 # version for the real release, set the my_issvn macro to no.
 m4_define(my_version, [1.1.6])
-m4_define(my_issvn, [yes])
+m4_define(my_issvn, [no])
 
 m4_define([svn_revision], m4_esyscmd([echo -n $( (svn info 2>/dev/null \
             || echo 'Revision: 0')|sed -n '/^Revision:/ {s/[^0-9]//gp;q;}')]))