diff --git a/pyard/__init__.py b/pyard/__init__.py
index 5f85ea0..1a3b219 100644
--- a/pyard/__init__.py
+++ b/pyard/__init__.py
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@
 from .pyard import ARD
 
 __author__ = """NMDP Bioinformatics"""
-__version__ = '0.6.0'
+__version__ = '0.6.1'
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5fc3028..4453b66 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.6.0
+current_version = 0.6.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 355a737..b720585 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='py-ard',
-    version='0.6.0',
+    version='0.6.1',
     description="ARD reduction for HLA with Python",
     long_description=readme + '\n\n' + history,
     author="CIBMTR",