diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5fdc7c192e..fc09fe7a00 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="trdg",
-    version="1.5.0",
+    version="1.6.0",
     description="TextRecognitionDataGenerator: A synthetic data generator for text recognition",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",