diff --git a/ormdantic/__init__.py b/ormdantic/__init__.py
index 1acc4c5..f6a843b 100644
--- a/ormdantic/__init__.py
+++ b/ormdantic/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """asynchronous ORM that uses pydantic models to represent database tables ✨"""
 
-__version__ = "1.5.1"
+__version__ = "1.6.0"
 
 from ormdantic.orm import Ormdantic
 
diff --git a/tests/test_version.py b/tests/test_version.py
index ea3f5fc..0eabec9 100644
--- a/tests/test_version.py
+++ b/tests/test_version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 
 def test_version() -> None:
-    assert ormdantic.__version__ == "1.5.1"
+    assert ormdantic.__version__ == "1.6.0"