diff --git a/distclassipy/__init__.py b/distclassipy/__init__.py
index 5dc2c42..914f472 100644
--- a/distclassipy/__init__.py
+++ b/distclassipy/__init__.py
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@
 from .classifier import DistanceMetricClassifier  # noqa
 from .distances import Distance  # noqa
 
-__version__ = "0.1.5"
+__version__ = "0.1.6a0"