diff --git a/webssh/_version.py b/webssh/_version.py
index fbf7441a..beac5450 100644
--- a/webssh/_version.py
+++ b/webssh/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version_info__ = (1, 5, 3)
+__version_info__ = (1, 6, 0)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, __version_info__))