diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f9050ef..fe667e9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8)
-project(indicators VERSION 1.5.0 LANGUAGES CXX DESCRIPTION "Activity Indicators for Modern C++")
+project(indicators VERSION 1.6.0 LANGUAGES CXX DESCRIPTION "Activity Indicators for Modern C++")
 option(INDICATORS_BUILD_TESTS OFF)
 option(SAMPLES "Build Samples" OFF)
 option(DEMO "Build Demo" OFF)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 477063f..d04e3d6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <a href="https://github.com/p-ranav/indicators/blob/master/LICENSE">
     <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg" alt="license"/>
   </a>
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/version-1.5-blue.svg?cacheSeconds=2592000" alt="version"/>
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/version-1.6-blue.svg?cacheSeconds=2592000" alt="version"/>
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">