diff --git a/codespell.py b/codespell.py
index a658865..80e6775 100755
--- a/codespell.py
+++ b/codespell.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 USAGE = """
 \t%prog [OPTIONS] [file1 file2 ... fileN]
 """
-VERSION = '1.5'
+VERSION = '1.6'
 
 misspellings = {}
 exclude_lines = set()