diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7e04cac..86bb8c6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
   'libfoldy',
   ['c', 'vala'],
-  version: '1.5',
+  version: '1.6',
   meson_version: '>= 1.0.0',
   license: 'GPL-3.0-or-later',
 )