diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ed0057122c408465eea469712894e8227246bb03..1f633d414d933652649723823efea177c22e68d5 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ if 'setuptools' not in dir():
 setup(
   cmdclass=cmdclass,
   name='chkcrontab',
-  version='1.5.1',
+  version='1.6',
   url='http://code.google.com/p/chkcrontab',
   author='Kevin Lyda',
   author_email='lyda@google.com',