diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b4f5a49..0a268c4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "bstr"
-version = "1.6.0"  #:version
+version = "1.6.1"  #:version
 authors = ["Andrew Gallant <jamslam@gmail.com>"]
 description = "A string type that is not required to be valid UTF-8."
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/bstr"