diff --git a/beets/__init__.py b/beets/__init__.py
index 9642a6f3c8..910ed78ea5 100644
--- a/beets/__init__.py
+++ b/beets/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import confuse
 from sys import stderr
 
-__version__ = '1.6.0'
+__version__ = '1.6.1'
 __author__ = 'Adrian Sampson <adrian@radbox.org>'