diff --git a/sumpy/version.py b/sumpy/version.py
index 52997950ebd67494097bd50b9194574c058147a9..7d9527a8c91c126962dfa5ebf8504eb84fd8dc3b 100644
--- a/sumpy/version.py
+++ b/sumpy/version.py
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ VERSION = (2016, 1)
 VERSION_STATUS = "beta1"
 VERSION_TEXT = ".".join(str(x) for x in VERSION) + VERSION_STATUS
 
-KERNEL_VERSION = 5
+KERNEL_VERSION = 6