diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dc0a827..361626d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+New in v6.1
+
+* Bugfixes
+
+    - Correctly deallocate named counters if resource fails to allocate.
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
 New in v6.0
 
 * Enhancements
diff --git a/resalloc/__init__.py b/resalloc/__init__.py
index 5fa6331..2d3f673 100644
--- a/resalloc/__init__.py
+++ b/resalloc/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '6.0'
+__version__ = '6.1'
diff --git a/resallocserver/manager.py b/resallocserver/manager.py
index f4d1a30..e3a1d16 100644
--- a/resallocserver/manager.py
+++ b/resallocserver/manager.py
@@ -379,7 +379,8 @@ def job(self):
 
             if resource.state == RState.ENDED:
                 session.delete(resource.id_in_pool_object)
-
+                for counter in resource.named_counters:
+                    session.delete(counter)
 
         # Notify manager that it is worth doing re-spin.
         self.event.set()