diff --git a/jadx-gui/src/main/java/jadx/gui/settings/JadxSettings.java b/jadx-gui/src/main/java/jadx/gui/settings/JadxSettings.java
index 13c864e2fbaf7e3c692cb62e3cedb73085c1137e..7640feba5dd4dced0590928739c4f1fdce768973 100644
--- a/jadx-gui/src/main/java/jadx/gui/settings/JadxSettings.java
+++ b/jadx-gui/src/main/java/jadx/gui/settings/JadxSettings.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class JadxSettings extends JadxCLIArgs {
 	private String lastOpenFilePath = USER_HOME;
 	private String lastSaveFilePath = USER_HOME;
 	private boolean flattenPackage = false;
-	private boolean checkForUpdates = true;
+	private boolean checkForUpdates = false;
 	private List<String> recentFiles = new ArrayList<String>();
 	private String fontStr = "";
 	private boolean autoStartJobs = true;
diff --git a/version b/version
index 2feed2fef8e3241b54ec8e3c0f515363d6ef41fe..ee6cdce3c29053ac99607147be5be250efa001bd 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.6.1-dev
+0.6.1