diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d095c55..9c4379d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-__version__ = "1.5.0"
+__version__ = "1.6.0"
 
 requirements = ['astro_kittens', 'numpy', 'scipy', 'astlib', 'astropy', 'future']