diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 05d31b3..2bb5341 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -25,11 +25,15 @@ v1.11.0 (DD MM YYYY)
   implementations of all functionality. Thanks to Jason R. Coombs for the
   patch.
 
-v1.10.1 (DD MM YYYY)
---------------------
+v1.10.1 (5th Apr 2013)
+----------------------
 
 * #142: (Fabric #811) SFTP put of empty file will still return the attributes
   of the put file. Thanks to Jason R. Coombs for the patch.
+* #154: (Fabric #876) Forwarded SSH agent connections left stale local pipes
+  lying around, which could cause local (and sometimes remote or network)
+  resource starvation when running many agent-using remote commands. Thanks to
+  Kevin Tegtmeier for catch & patch.
 
 v1.10.0 (1st Mar 2013)
 --------------------
diff --git a/paramiko/__init__.py b/paramiko/__init__.py
index e2b359f..099314e 100644
--- a/paramiko/__init__.py
+++ b/paramiko/__init__.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ if sys.version_info < (2, 5):
 
 
 __author__ = "Jeff Forcier <jeff@bitprophet.org>"
-__version__ = "1.10.0"
+__version__ = "1.10.1"
 __license__ = "GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)"
 
 
diff --git a/paramiko/agent.py b/paramiko/agent.py
index 5d04dce..1dd3063 100644
--- a/paramiko/agent.py
+++ b/paramiko/agent.py
@@ -130,15 +130,22 @@ class AgentProxyThread(threading.Thread):
                     if len(data) != 0:
                         self.__inr.send(data)
                     else:
+                        self._close()
                         break
                 elif self.__inr == fd:
                     data = self.__inr.recv(512)
                     if len(data) != 0:
                         self._agent._conn.send(data)
                     else:
+                        self._close()
                         break
             time.sleep(io_sleep)
 
+    def _close(self):
+        self._exit = True
+        self.__inr.close()
+        self._agent._conn.close()
+
 class AgentLocalProxy(AgentProxyThread):
     """
     Class to be used when wanting to ask a local SSH Agent being
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9812a4f..d6caccf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ if sys.platform == 'darwin':
 
 
 setup(name = "paramiko",
-      version = "1.10.0",
+      version = "1.10.1",
       description = "SSH2 protocol library",
       author = "Jeff Forcier",
       author_email = "jeff@bitprophet.org",