diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index a306d31..0c4714f 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.1.5
+current_version = 0.1.6
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 0d3fbba..8ad7dea 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ Changelog
 =========
 
 - Next version - unreleased
+- 0.1.6 - 2015-04-10
 
   - Fix Jython handling of Java exceptions that don't subclass python Exception
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index df3ef2f..d81832f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ print find_packages('src')
 setup(
     #basic package data
     name = 'JayDeBeApi',
-    version = '0.1.5',
+    version = '0.1.6',
     author = 'Bastian Bowe',
     author_email = 'bastian.dev@gmail.com',
     license = 'GNU LGPL',
diff --git a/src/jaydebeapi/dbapi2.py b/src/jaydebeapi/dbapi2.py
index 8fd91d9..1f17487 100644
--- a/src/jaydebeapi/dbapi2.py
+++ b/src/jaydebeapi/dbapi2.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # License along with JayDeBeApi.  If not, see
 # <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-__version_info__ = (0, 1, 5)
+__version_info__ = (0, 1, 6)
 __version__ = ".".join(str(i) for i in __version_info__)
 
 import datetime