diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index 1aced2f6a4..7d93dd7baf 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ libavutil:     2015-08-28
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2017-04-11 - xxxxxxx - lavu 55.61.100 - avstring.h
+  Add av_strireplace().
+
 2016-04-06 - xxxxxxx - lavc 57.92.100 - avcodec.h
   Add AV_PKT_DATA_CONTENT_LIGHT_LEVEL packet side data.
 
diff --git a/libavutil/version.h b/libavutil/version.h
index f4d0930689..bba39e0180 100644
--- a/libavutil/version.h
+++ b/libavutil/version.h
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@
  */
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR  55
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR  60
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO 101
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR  61
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                                LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR, \