diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7c6fd1cd..7dcbb9ab 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "threads",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.6.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f4adcf0b..f4e1f7cc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "threads",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.6.0",
   "description": "Web workers & worker threads as simple as a function call",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "module": "dist-esm/index.js",