diff --git a/lib/metar/version.rb b/lib/metar/version.rb
index 3f43a46..046f6cf 100644
--- a/lib/metar/version.rb
+++ b/lib/metar/version.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 module Metar
   module VERSION #:nodoc:
     MAJOR = 1
-    MINOR = 5
+    MINOR = 6
     TINY  = 0
 
     STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY].join('.')