diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 4f86c0091..2cfc18c9e 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.6.0
+current_version = 0.6.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/src/pyodide.py b/src/pyodide.py
index aa081a5ed..6054e0dea 100644
--- a/src/pyodide.py
+++ b/src/pyodide.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import ast
 import io
 from textwrap import dedent
 
-__version__ = '0.6.0'
+__version__ = '0.6.1'
 
 
 def open_url(url):