diff --git a/memory_profiler.py b/memory_profiler.py
index 1be4a85..f0b52cd 100644
--- a/memory_profiler.py
+++ b/memory_profiler.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # .. we'll use this to pass it to the child script ..
 _CLEAN_GLOBALS = globals().copy()
 
-__version__ = '0.60.0'
+__version__ = '0.61.0'
 
 _CMD_USAGE = "python -m memory_profiler script_file.py"