diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cb9cf99..7680417 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@
 /setuptools-18.3.2.tar.gz
 /setuptools-18.4.tar.gz
 /setuptools-18.5.tar.gz
+/setuptools-18.6.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-setuptools.spec b/python-setuptools.spec
index 31c2464..61b9ba0 100644
--- a/python-setuptools.spec
+++ b/python-setuptools.spec
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:           python-setuptools
-Version:        18.5
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Version:        18.6.1
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Easily build and distribute Python packages
 
 Group:          Applications/System
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ popd
 %endif # with_python3
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Nov 25 2015 Kevin Fenzi <kevin@scrye.com> - 18.6.1-1
+- Update to 18.6.1. Fixes bug #1270578
+
 * Sun Nov 15 2015 Thomas Spura <tomspur@fedoraproject.org> - 18.5-3
 - Try to disable zip_safe bug #1271776
 - Add python2 subpackage
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e880b28..d5b1a55 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-533c868f01169a3085177dffe5e768bb  setuptools-18.5.tar.gz
+d4797a533b3c7466fd36a791c2de94d2  setuptools-18.6.1.tar.gz