diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ffdaf8a19ab9861b9fd2463a3db46f20e7c512a5..2f6553584a4c7b4fcdc4b98f46af58b0ff66f934 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(name="pytools",
-      version="2015.1.6",
+      version="2016.1",
       description="A collection of tools for Python",
       long_description="""
       Pytools is a big bag of things that are "missing" from the Python standard