diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fadeb61d1f22ec7e8445636cfa99cc568df9b8ee..dcb94b4e453994b2ede1a5d1815bf587d7aa317d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Cython
 mako==1.1.0
 satella==2.20.0
-MarkupSafe==1.1.1
\ No newline at end of file
+MarkupSafe==1.1.1
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5510d89eb0148ffc791f881fffacb635959fa1ea..3c29bc916750eaf30249cc9b7a4b86af0996e08a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 [metadata]
 name = snakehouse
 keywords = cython, extension, multiple, pyx
-version = 1.6a2
+version = 1.6
 long-description = file: README.md
 long-description-content-type = text/markdown; charset=UTF-8
 license_files = LICENSE
diff --git a/snakehouse/__init__.py b/snakehouse/__init__.py
index d3c1ec2c0cbd8fcfa5228a79946abaddbb83b161..022c89edf3bb996bf4670cad13073e4cd1b63232 100644
--- a/snakehouse/__init__.py
+++ b/snakehouse/__init__.py
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ from .requirements import read_requirements_txt, find_c, find_pyx_and_c, find_py
 try:
     __version__ = pkg_resources.require('snakehouse')[0].version
 except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
-    __version__ = '1.6a2'
+    __version__ = '1.6'