diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 76f2b2e..9609bf6 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.5.2
+current_version = 1.6.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ replace = version = release = '{new_version}'
 [bumpversion:file:src/lazy_object_proxy/__init__.py]
 search = __version__ = '{current_version}'
 replace = __version__ = '{new_version}'
+
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 5aa866b..8e70976 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Overview
     :alt: Supported implementations
     :target: https://pypi.org/project/lazy-object-proxy
 
-.. |commits-since| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/ionelmc/python-lazy-object-proxy/v1.5.2.svg
+.. |commits-since| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/ionelmc/python-lazy-object-proxy/v1.6.0.svg
     :alt: Commits since latest release
     :target: https://github.com/ionelmc/python-lazy-object-proxy/compare/v1.5.2...master
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index b3f3d33..0e01416 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     version = release = get_distribution('lazy_object_proxy').version
 except Exception:
     traceback.print_exc()
-    version = release = '1.5.2'
+    version = release = '1.6.0'
 
 pygments_style = 'trac'
 templates_path = ['.']
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2a3b67c..40a7fd5 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def read(*names, **kwargs):
     use_scm_version={
         'local_scheme': 'dirty-tag',
         'write_to': 'src/lazy_object_proxy/_version.py',
-        'fallback_version': '1.5.2',
+        'fallback_version': '1.6.0',
     },
     license='BSD-2-Clause',
     description='A fast and thorough lazy object proxy.',
diff --git a/src/lazy_object_proxy/__init__.py b/src/lazy_object_proxy/__init__.py
index 19e6900..db37c85 100644
--- a/src/lazy_object_proxy/__init__.py
+++ b/src/lazy_object_proxy/__init__.py
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
 try:
     from ._version import version as __version__
 except ImportError:
-    __version__ = '1.5.2'
+    __version__ = '1.6.0'
 
 __all__ = "Proxy",