diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 427ae960..03b1f59a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The latest source code for SleekXMPP may be found on `Github
 ``develop`` branch.
 
 **Latest Release**
-    - `1.1.5 <http://github.com/fritzy/SleekXMPP/zipball/1.1.5>`_
+    - `1.1.6 <http://github.com/fritzy/SleekXMPP/zipball/1.1.6>`_
 
 **Develop Releases**
     - `Latest Develop Version <http://github.com/fritzy/SleekXMPP/zipball/develop>`_
diff --git a/sleekxmpp/version.py b/sleekxmpp/version.py
index 7970c3b5..1c8737ee 100644
--- a/sleekxmpp/version.py
+++ b/sleekxmpp/version.py
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@
 # We don't want to have to import the entire library
 # just to get the version info for setup.py
 
-__version__ = '1.1.5'
-__version_info__ = (1, 1, 5, '', 0)
+__version__ = '1.1.6'
+__version_info__ = (1, 1, 6, '', 0)