diff --git a/pysos/_version.py b/pysos/_version.py
index 1ff705555..4ba555514 100644
--- a/pysos/_version.py
+++ b/pysos/_version.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         .format(_py_ver.major, _py_ver.minor, _py_ver.micro))
 
 
-__version__ = '0.5.9'
+__version__ = '0.6.1'
 __py_version__ = '{}.{}.{}'.format(_py_ver.major, _py_ver.minor, _py_ver.micro)
 
 #