diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7daac03a..333c2bbb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
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-*Latest release: 0.1.5 (28. June 2020)*
+*Latest release: 0.1.6 (11. July 2022)*
 
 See [!releases page](https://github.com/geophysics-ubonn/reda/releases) for a
 complete list of releases. Releases are also published to
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b81a2066..695144b1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 # python.exe setup.py bdist --format msi
 # to create a windows installer
 
-version_long = '0.1.6.dev0'
+# version_long = '0.1.6.dev0'
+version_long = '0.1.6'
 
 # package data
 os.chdir('lib/reda/testing')