diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index da9c8a9..09b2c9e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "hyparquet",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.6.0",
   "description": "parquet file parser for javascript",
   "keywords": [
     "parquet",