diff --git a/buildtest/__init__.py b/buildtest/__init__.py
index 7a1d13a6b..a5768e572 100644
--- a/buildtest/__init__.py
+++ b/buildtest/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-__version__ = "1.5"
+__version__ = "1.6"
 BUILDTEST_VERSION = __version__
 BUILDTEST_COPYRIGHT = "Copyright (c) 2021-2023, The Regents of the University of California, through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (subject to receipt of any required approvals from the U.S. Dept. of Energy), Shahzeb Siddiqui, and Vanessa Sochat. All rights reserved."