diff --git a/assets/changelog.json b/assets/changelog.json
index 93931de..3ecee10 100644
--- a/assets/changelog.json
+++ b/assets/changelog.json
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 {
+  "1.6.1": {
+    "content": [
+      "• IMPROVED: Navigation route calculation timeout increased from 15 to 30 seconds - better success rate for complex routes in dense areas",
+      "• TECHNICAL: Route timeout is now configurable in dev_config for easier future adjustments"
+    ]
+  },
   "1.6.0": {
     "content": [
       "• Internal code organization improvements - better separation of concerns for improved maintainability",
diff --git a/lib/dev_config.dart b/lib/dev_config.dart
index e0b4b9f..2bb83b9 100644
--- a/lib/dev_config.dart
+++ b/lib/dev_config.dart
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ const Duration kChangesetCloseMaxRetryDelay = Duration(minutes: 5);  // Cap at 5
 const Duration kChangesetAutoCloseTimeout = Duration(minutes: 59); // Give up and trust OSM auto-close
 const double kChangesetCloseBackoffMultiplier = 2.0;
 
+// Navigation routing configuration
+const Duration kNavigationRoutingTimeout = Duration(seconds: 30); // HTTP timeout for routing requests
+
 // Suspected locations CSV URL
 const String kSuspectedLocationsCsvUrl = 'https://alprwatch.org/suspected-locations/deflock-latest.csv';
 
diff --git a/lib/services/routing_service.dart b/lib/services/routing_service.dart
index 781936d..94b43bc 100644
--- a/lib/services/routing_service.dart
+++ b/lib/services/routing_service.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import 'package:latlong2/latlong.dart';
 import 'package:shared_preferences/shared_preferences.dart';
 
 import '../app_state.dart';
+import '../dev_config.dart';
 
 class RouteResult {
   final List<LatLng> waypoints;
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ class RouteResult {
 class RoutingService {
   static const String _baseUrl = 'https://alprwatch.org/api/v1/deflock/directions';
   static const String _userAgent = 'DeFlock/1.0 (OSM surveillance mapping app)';
-  static const Duration _timeout = Duration(seconds: 15);
   
   // Calculate route between two points using alprwatch
   Future<RouteResult> calculateRoute({
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class RoutingService {
           'Content-Type': 'application/json'
         },
         body: json.encode(params)
-      ).timeout(_timeout);
+      ).timeout(kNavigationRoutingTimeout);
 
       if (response.statusCode != 200) {
         throw RoutingException('HTTP ${response.statusCode}: ${response.reasonPhrase}');
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 46b266c..60ed547 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: deflockapp
 description: Map public surveillance infrastructure with OpenStreetMap
 publish_to: "none"
-version: 1.6.0+26   # The thing after the + is the version code, incremented with each release
+version: 1.6.1+27   # The thing after the + is the version code, incremented with each release
 
 environment:
   sdk: ">=3.5.0 <4.0.0"   # oauth2_client 4.x needs Dart 3.5+