diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index baf32dc..86e6841 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
+## Release notes for 1.6.1 (2025-12-20)
+
+- Java: Update to latest protoc and protobuf runtime versions [#92](https://github.com/openstreetmap/OSM-binary/pull/92)
+
 ## Release notes for 1.6.0 (2024-12-10)
 
 - Java: Update to latest protoc and protobuf runtime versions [#84](https://github.com/openstreetmap/OSM-binary/pull/84)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e8635ec..0148ec4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,16 +21,17 @@ something more complete see [libosmium](https://osmcode.org/libosmium/).
 
 ### Building with Maven
 
-We publish the Java library to [Maven Central](https://search.maven.org/):
+We publish the Java library to [Maven Central](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.openstreetmap.pbf/osmpbf): ![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/org.openstreetmap.pbf/osmpbf.svg)
 
 ```xml
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.openstreetmap.pbf</groupId>
   <artifactId>osmpbf</artifactId>
-  <version>1.5.0</version>
+  <version>${LATEST_VERSION}</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
+
 To build the Java library run:
 
 ```sh
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index be447ec..a4a712c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <protobuf.version>4.28.3</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>4.33.2</protobuf.version>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
@@ -139,20 +139,13 @@
         <version>0.6.0</version>
         <extensions>true</extensions>
         <configuration>
-          <publishingServerId>central-lenni</publishingServerId>
+          <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
           <autoPublish>true</autoPublish>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
-  <pluginRepositories>
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <id>dtrott</id>
-      <url>http://maven.davidtrott.com/repository</url>
-    </pluginRepository>
-  </pluginRepositories>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>