diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a3f2c8d7d..944a5473a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+strongswan-4.1.6
+----------------
+
+-
+
+
 strongswan-4.1.5
 ----------------
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 209242a36..02957a660 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ dnl ===========================
 dnl  initialize & set some vars
 dnl ===========================
 
-AC_INIT(strongSwan,4.1.5)
+AC_INIT(strongSwan,4.1.6)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tar-ustar)
 AC_C_BIGENDIAN
 AC_SUBST(confdir, '${sysconfdir}')
diff --git a/src/pluto/vendor.c b/src/pluto/vendor.c
index 705c81513..56b11cfee 100644
--- a/src/pluto/vendor.c
+++ b/src/pluto/vendor.c
@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ static struct vid_struct _vid_tab[] = {
 	/*
 	 * strongSwan
 	 */
-	DEC_MD5_VID(STRONGSWAN,       "strongSwan 4.1.5")
+	DEC_MD5_VID(STRONGSWAN,       "strongSwan 4.1.6")
+	DEC_MD5_VID(STRONGSWAN_4_1_5, "strongSwan 4.1.5")
 	DEC_MD5_VID(STRONGSWAN_4_1_4, "strongSwan 4.1.4")
 	DEC_MD5_VID(STRONGSWAN_4_1_3, "strongSwan 4.1.3")
 	DEC_MD5_VID(STRONGSWAN_4_1_2, "strongSwan 4.1.2")
diff --git a/src/pluto/vendor.h b/src/pluto/vendor.h
index 34f9de987..5120dc072 100644
--- a/src/pluto/vendor.h
+++ b/src/pluto/vendor.h
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ enum known_vendorid {
   VID_STRONGSWAN_4_1_2		= 90,
   VID_STRONGSWAN_4_1_3		= 91,
   VID_STRONGSWAN_4_1_4		= 92,
+  VID_STRONGSWAN_4_1_5		= 93,
 
   /* 101 - 200 : NAT-Traversal */
   VID_NATT_STENBERG_01		=101,
diff --git a/testing/INSTALL b/testing/INSTALL
index 70cb02a0d..462eccc46 100644
--- a/testing/INSTALL
+++ b/testing/INSTALL
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ are required for the strongSwan testing environment:
 
     * The latest strongSwan distribution
 
-      http://download.strongswan.org/strongswan-4.1.5.tar.gz
+      http://download.strongswan.org/strongswan-4.1.6.tar.gz
 
 
 3. Creating the environment
diff --git a/testing/testing.conf b/testing/testing.conf
index 1849510f6..d6cd2018a 100755
--- a/testing/testing.conf
+++ b/testing/testing.conf
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ KERNELCONFIG=$UMLTESTDIR/.config-2.6.22
 #UMLPATCH=$UMLTESTDIR/uml_jmpbuf-2.6.18.patch.bz2
 
 # Bzipped source of strongSwan
-STRONGSWAN=$UMLTESTDIR/strongswan-4.1.5.tar.bz2
+STRONGSWAN=$UMLTESTDIR/strongswan-4.1.6.tar.bz2
 
 # strongSwan compile options (use "yes" or "no")
 USE_LIBCURL="yes"