diff --git a/looper/_version.py b/looper/_version.py
index d416ae5e4..de3a9ab9d 100644
--- a/looper/_version.py
+++ b/looper/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.6.0a1"
+__version__ = "1.6.0a2"