diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 205c771..06978e0 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+0.61.0 2022-11-16
+    - [cleanup] Remove ehcache from dependencies (diewald)
+
 0.60.6 2022-10-13
     - [security] Update dependencies (kupietz)
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9d6b014..7c6e114 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
   <groupId>de.ids_mannheim.korap</groupId>
   <artifactId>Krill</artifactId>
-  <version>0.60.6</version>
+  <version>0.61.0</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>Krill</name>
@@ -116,13 +116,7 @@
       <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
       <version>1.7.32</version>
     </dependency>
-    
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId>
-      <artifactId>ehcache</artifactId>
-      <version>2.10.9.2</version>
-    </dependency>
-    
+
     <!-- SQLite for database connection tests -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/ehcache.xml b/src/main/resources/ehcache.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index b293534..0000000
--- a/src/main/resources/ehcache.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-<ehcache xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://www.ehcache.org/ehcache.xsd"
-	updateCheck="true" monitoring="autodetect" dynamicConfig="true">
-
-	<diskStore path="./krill_cache" />
-
-	<defaultCache 
-		maxEntriesLocalHeap="0" 
-		eternal="false"
-		timeToIdleSeconds="1200" 
-		timeToLiveSeconds="1200">
-	</defaultCache>
-
-	<cache name="named_vc" 
-		eternal="true" 
-		memoryStoreEvictionPolicy="LRU"
-		maxElementsInMemory="1" 
-		maxBytesLocalDisk="1G"
-		diskExpiryThreadIntervalSeconds = "120" > 
-		<persistence strategy="localTempSwap"/>
-	</cache>
-
-</ehcache>
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