diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index f1ec1bc..a0359f6 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.5.1
+current_version = 1.6.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 files = setup.py decoupler/__init__.py
diff --git a/decoupler/__init__.py b/decoupler/__init__.py
index 4accda7..422b382 100644
--- a/decoupler/__init__.py
+++ b/decoupler/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '1.5.1'  # noqa: F401
+__version__ = '1.6.0'  # noqa: F401
 __version_info__ = tuple([int(num) for num in __version__.split('.')])  # noqa: F401
 
 from .pre import extract, match, rename_net, get_net_mat, filt_min_n, mask_features  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5ed8939..c20c8e3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="decoupler",
-    version="1.5.1",
+    version="1.6.0",
     author="Pau Badia i Mompel",
     author_email="pau.badia@uni-heidelberg.de",
     description="Ensemble of methods to infer biological activities from omics data",