diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cf0bfcb..3c8f1db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ To add this library to your java project using Maven, add the following dependen
 <dependency>
   <groupId>dev.samstevens.totp</groupId>
   <artifactId>totp</artifactId>
-  <version>1.5.1</version>
+  <version>1.6</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ To add the dependency using Gradle, add the following to the build script:
 
 ```
 dependencies {
-  compile 'dev.samstevens.totp:totp:1.5.1'
+  compile 'dev.samstevens.totp:totp:1.6'
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d15dbd4..3a2c5ba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   <groupId>dev.samstevens.totp</groupId>
   <artifactId>totp</artifactId>
-  <version>1.5.1</version>
+  <version>1.6</version>
 
   <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
   <description>A library to help implement time-based one time passwords to enable MFA.</description>
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
   <scm>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:samdjstevens/java-totp.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>totp-1.5.1</tag>
+    <tag>totp-1.6</tag>
     <url>https://github.com/samdjstevens/java-totp</url>
   </scm>