diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 57c57f24ae9..3e31efc5cda 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
-# From configure.in Revision: 1.117 
+# From configure.in Revision: 1.118 
 
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated automatically using autoconf version 2.13 
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ fi
 
 # Set VERSION so we only need to edit in one place (i.e., here)
 
-VERSION=1.5
+VERSION=1.6
 
 # NEXTSTEP stuff
 if test -f /usr/lib/NextStep/software_version -o -f /System/Library/CoreServices/software_version ; then
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ce7c2bfaa71..2c078426d22 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 # Set VERSION so we only need to edit in one place (i.e., here)
 AC_SUBST(VERSION)
-VERSION=1.5
+VERSION=1.6
 
 # NEXTSTEP stuff
 if test -f /usr/lib/NextStep/software_version -o -f /System/Library/CoreServices/software_version ; then