diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index cd54d75..663f383 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version
 version = '1.6'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '1.6.1'
+release = '1.6.2'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/genewalk/__init__.py b/genewalk/__init__.py
index 77dabd4..de767cf 100644
--- a/genewalk/__init__.py
+++ b/genewalk/__init__.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 logging.getLogger('gensim.summarization.textcleaner').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 
 
-__version__ = '1.6.1'
+__version__ = '1.6.2'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d157a89..341b1c5 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def main():
                     'scipy>=1.3.0', 'matplotlib', 'seaborn', 'plotly>=4.0.0']
 
     setup(name='genewalk',
-          version='1.6.1',
+          version='1.6.2',
           description='Determine gene function based on network embeddings.',
           long_description=long_description,
           long_description_content_type='text/markdown',