diff --git a/Android.mk b/Android.mk
index 83cdf9f..6c11018 100644
--- a/Android.mk
+++ b/Android.mk
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ LOCAL_MODULE := recovery
 
 LOCAL_FORCE_STATIC_EXECUTABLE := true
 
-RECOVERY_API_VERSION := 1.6.0
+RECOVERY_API_VERSION := 1.6.1
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DRECOVERY_API_VERSION=$(RECOVERY_API_VERSION)
 
 # This binary is in the recovery ramdisk, which is otherwise a copy of root.