diff --git a/src/yamling/__init__.py b/src/yamling/__init__.py
index 0cf4f29..47a9139 100644
--- a/src/yamling/__init__.py
+++ b/src/yamling/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "1.5.0"
+__version__ = "1.6.0"
 
 import yaml
 from yamling.yaml_loaders import load_yaml, load_yaml_file, get_loader, YAMLInput