diff --git a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
index 2bb45bdf2..2c43b2bbd 100644
--- a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
+++ b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from os.path import join
 
 modname = distname = 'pylint'
 
-numversion = (1, 5, 0)
+numversion = (1, 6, 0)
 version = '.'.join([str(num) for num in numversion])
 
 install_requires = [