diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a6d015917a51aed89c29ac036e3c6780845f04f3..bc24a1e4f1c8e97559cb197d401cc21de90a2bb1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.68])
-AC_INIT([openfortivpn], [1.5.0])
+AC_INIT([openfortivpn], [1.6.0])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.c])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects])