diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 77c8d71f..82f0944e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ github_project = spacetelescope/specviz
 # install_requires = astropy, scipy, matplotlib
 install_requires = astropy>=3.0, pyqt5, pyqtgraph, qtawesome, qtpy, specutils>=0.5.1, click, pytest, asteval
 # version should be PEP386 compatible (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0386)
-version = 0.6.0
+version = 0.6.1
 # Note: you will also need to change this in your package's __init__.py
 minimum_python_version = 3.5