diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS
index c51ca1e3..7346b324 100644
--- a/debian/NEWS
+++ b/debian/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-aptly (1.6.0+ds1~alpha1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+aptly (1.6.0+ds1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   - aptly-api: configuration file is now /etc/aptly.conf, and `rootDir`
     defaults to `~/.aptly`
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@ aptly (1.6.0+ds1~alpha1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   - aptly: swagger support is disabled, but will be re-enabled after the
     corresponding golang packages make it to unstable
+  
+  - aptly: default format is yaml, but the old format is still supported 
+    for now
 
- -- Sebastien Delafond <seb@debian.org>  Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:41:33 +0200
+ -- Sebastien Delafond <seb@debian.org>  Sun, 29 Dec 2024 08:46:07 +0100
 
 aptly (1.3.0+ds1-2.2) unstable; urgency=medium