diff --git a/mikeio/__init__.py b/mikeio/__init__.py
index 410fe804d..961400769 100644
--- a/mikeio/__init__.py
+++ b/mikeio/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # 'X.Y.dev0' is the canonical version of 'X.Y.dev'
 #
 
-__version__ = "1.6.1"  # TODO use git hash instead for dev version?
+__version__ = "1.6.2"  # TODO use git hash instead for dev version?
 # __version__ = "1.5.0"
 __dfs_version__: int = 160
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ec7a8521a..046543823 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ exclude = ["notebooks", "tests", "images"]
 
 [project]
 name="mikeio"
-version="1.6.1"
+version="1.6.2"
 dependencies = [
     "mikecore>=0.2.1",
     "numpy>=1.15.0",  # first version with numpy.quantile