diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ee01cda4..c3051da22 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ endif(NOT ICON_INSTALL_DIR )
 
 # project version
 set( ${PROJECT_NAME}_MAJOR_VERSION 1 )
-set( ${PROJECT_NAME}_MINOR_VERSION 5 )
-set( ${PROJECT_NAME}_PATCH_LEVEL 1 )
+set( ${PROJECT_NAME}_MINOR_VERSION 6 )
+set( ${PROJECT_NAME}_PATCH_LEVEL 0 )
 
 # -- dependencies
 set(dependencies