diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6872da4..0bff8ed 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ### This is yajl-tcl, a direct Tcl interface to the yajl JSON generator library.
 
-*Version 1.6*
+*Version 1.6.1*
 
 This package is a freely available open source package under the "Berkeley" license, same as Tcl.  You can do virtually anything you like with it, such as modifying it, redistributing it, and selling it either in whole or in part. See the file "LICENSE" for complete information.
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 4e31f75..0e21d3c 100755
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dnl	to configure the system for the local environment.
 # so you can encode the package version directly into the source files.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-AC_INIT([yajltcl], [1.6])
+AC_INIT([yajltcl], [1.6.1])
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Call TEA_INIT as the first TEA_ macro to set up initial vars.
diff --git a/update_ver.sh b/update_ver.sh
index 8151b91..3b50283 100755
--- a/update_ver.sh
+++ b/update_ver.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # This script simplifies the process of incrementing all version numbers for a new release.
 
-NEWVER="1.6"
+NEWVER="1.6.1"
 
 perl -p -i -e "s/^(AC_INIT\\(\\[[a-z_]+\\],) \\[[0-9.]+\\]/\\1 \\[$NEWVER\\]/" configure.in