diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
index 42614ea00847d8c93a46bfe82062cbe90306a1bb_Y29uZi5weQ==..0b84b0936d8f57a13ffa43e97924859b207ec148_Y29uZi5weQ== 100644
--- a/conf.py
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '2.1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.1.5'
+release = '2.1.6'
 
 # There are two options for replacing |today|: either, you set today to some
 # non-false value, then it is used:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 42614ea00847d8c93a46bfe82062cbe90306a1bb_c2V0dXAucHk=..0b84b0936d8f57a13ffa43e97924859b207ec148_c2V0dXAucHk= 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     DistutilsPlatformError
 
 IS_PYPY = hasattr(sys, 'pypy_translation_info')
-VERSION = '2.1.5'
+VERSION = '2.1.6'
 DESCRIPTION = "Simple, fast, extensible JSON encoder/decoder for Python"
 LONG_DESCRIPTION = open('README.rst', 'r').read()
 
diff --git a/simplejson/__init__.py b/simplejson/__init__.py
index 42614ea00847d8c93a46bfe82062cbe90306a1bb_c2ltcGxlanNvbi9fX2luaXRfXy5weQ==..0b84b0936d8f57a13ffa43e97924859b207ec148_c2ltcGxlanNvbi9fX2luaXRfXy5weQ== 100644
--- a/simplejson/__init__.py
+++ b/simplejson/__init__.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
     $ echo '{ 1.2:3.4}' | python -m simplejson.tool
     Expecting property name: line 1 column 2 (char 2)
 """
-__version__ = '2.1.5'
+__version__ = '2.1.6'
 __all__ = [
     'dump', 'dumps', 'load', 'loads',
     'JSONDecoder', 'JSONDecodeError', 'JSONEncoder',