diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9398169b..c4211d63 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='python-socketio',
-    version='0.6.0',
+    version='0.6.1',
     url='http://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-socketio/',
     license='MIT',
     author='Miguel Grinberg',