diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bf0cad0640..7f3bb58efa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <groupId>org.kohsuke</groupId>
   <artifactId>github-api</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.6</version>
+  <version>1.7</version>
   <name>GitHub API for Java</name>
   <url>http://kohsuke.org/github-api/</url>
   <description>GitHub API for Java</description>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHPerson.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHPerson.java
index 027c4529c3..3e905c05b1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHPerson.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHPerson.java
@@ -43,11 +43,15 @@ public synchronized Map<String,GHRepository> getRepositories() throws IOExceptio
      */
     protected GHRepository refreshRepository(String name) throws IOException {
         if (repositories==null) getRepositories(); // fetch the base first
-        GHRepository r = root.retrieve("/repos/show/" + login + '/' + name, JsonRepository.class).wrap(root);
+        GHRepository r = fetchRepository(name);
         repositories.put(name,r);
         return r;
     }
 
+    protected GHRepository fetchRepository(String name) throws IOException {
+        return root.retrieve("/repos/show/" + login + '/' + name, JsonRepository.class).wrap(root);
+    }
+
     public GHRepository getRepository(String name) throws IOException {
         return getRepositories().get(name);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
index 8816fb4d9c..be17ed46dd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlPage;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
@@ -236,7 +238,19 @@ public void renameTo(String newName) throws IOException {
             try {
                 f.getInputByName("name").setValueAttribute(newName);
                 f.submit((HtmlButton)f.getElementsByTagName("button").get(0));
-                name = newName;
+
+                // overwrite fields
+                final GHRepository r = getOwner().fetchRepository(newName);
+                for (Field fi : getClass().getDeclaredFields()) {
+                    if (Modifier.isStatic(fi.getModifiers()))   continue;
+                    fi.setAccessible(true);
+                    try {
+                        fi.set(this,fi.get(r));
+                    } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+                        throw (IllegalAccessError)new IllegalAccessError().initCause(e);
+                    }
+                }
+
                 return;
             } catch (ElementNotFoundException e) {
                 // continue