diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index dc1e644a..9c6d6293 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.0
+1.6.1
diff --git a/pytorch_widedeep/version.py b/pytorch_widedeep/version.py
index e4adfb83..f49459c7 100644
--- a/pytorch_widedeep/version.py
+++ b/pytorch_widedeep/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.6.0"
+__version__ = "1.6.1"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b6ed17cc..98f5d5d0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pandas>=1.3.5
-numpy>=1.21.6
+numpy>=1.21.6, <2.0.0
 scipy>=1.7.3,<=1.12.0
 scikit-learn>=1.0.2
 gensim