diff --git a/bin/release_version b/bin/release_version
index ec4ce110a..11d55494d 100644
--- a/bin/release_version
+++ b/bin/release_version
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-1.6.0
+1.6.1
 1.5.1
 1.3.0
 1.2.0