diff --git a/xmlplain.py b/xmlplain.py
index c40bcab..5bc3d35 100755
--- a/xmlplain.py
+++ b/xmlplain.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 
-__version__ = '1.5.0'
+__version__ = '1.6.0'
 
 import yaml, sys, xml, io
 import contextlib