diff --git a/anonstream/__init__.py b/anonstream/__init__.py
index 2e78d2b..19a3a7c 100644
--- a/anonstream/__init__.py
+++ b/anonstream/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from anonstream.utils.captcha import create_captcha_factory, create_captcha_sign
 from anonstream.utils.chat import precompute_emote_regex
 from anonstream.utils.user import generate_blank_allowedness
 
-__version__ = '1.5.5'
+__version__ = '1.6.0'
 
 def create_app(toml_config):
     app = Quart('anonstream', static_folder=None)