diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index b5685fd..aa37b26 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Based on https://gist.github.com/minrk/6176788.
 Python 3 only
 =============
 
-As of version 0.6.0, nbstripout supports Python 3 *only*. If you need to use
+As of version 0.6.1, nbstripout supports Python 3 *only*. If you need to use
 Python 2.7, install nbstripout 0.3.10 ::
 
     pip install nbstripout==0.3.10
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ Once you have `pre-commit`_ installed, add the follwong to the
 
     repos:
     - repo: https://github.com/kynan/nbstripout
-      rev: 0.6.0
+      rev: 0.6.1
       hooks:
         - id: nbstripout
 
diff --git a/nbstripout/_nbstripout.py b/nbstripout/_nbstripout.py
index deac62e..213d3da 100644
--- a/nbstripout/_nbstripout.py
+++ b/nbstripout/_nbstripout.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def write(nb, f):
             return current.write(nb, f, 'json')
 
 __all__ = ["install", "uninstall", "status", "main"]
-__version__ = '0.6.0'
+__version__ = '0.6.1'
 
 
 INSTALL_LOCATION_LOCAL = 'local'
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c941797..61266f3 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.6.0
+current_version = 0.6.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 96eed04..dede8c5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 ]
 
 setup(name='nbstripout',
-      version='0.6.0',
+      version='0.6.1',
 
       author='Florian Rathgeber',
       author_email='florian.rathgeber@gmail.com',