diff --git a/lib/corba/common/version.rb b/lib/corba/common/version.rb
index f53743f..aa5137f 100644
--- a/lib/corba/common/version.rb
+++ b/lib/corba/common/version.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module R2CORBA
 
   R2CORBA_MAJOR = 1
   R2CORBA_MINOR = 6
-  R2CORBA_RELEASE = 0
+  R2CORBA_RELEASE = 1
 
   R2CORBA_VERSION = "#{R2CORBA_MAJOR}.#{R2CORBA_MINOR}.#{R2CORBA_RELEASE}".freeze