diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 84ed962b..0b94d6c0 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.1.5
+current_version = 2.1.6
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a9337497..d4723d2d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     url="https://github.com/oceanprotocol/provider-py",
     # fmt: off
     # bumpversion needs single quotes
-    version='2.1.5',
+    version='2.1.6',
     # fmt: on
     zip_safe=False,
 )