diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 902676b360..f3d82e9828 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('h5cpp',['cpp','c'],version:'0.6.0', default_options:'cpp_std=c++17')
+project('h5cpp',['cpp','c'],version:'0.6.1', default_options:'cpp_std=c++17')
 
 h5cpp_dependencies = []
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