diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 65745d70..8bf0238b 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-release = version = "1.6.1"
+release = version = "1.6.3"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 44cb1a5e..2136f59d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.6.2
+current_version = 1.6.3
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dd32a29e..2a8dbb99 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def parse_requirements(requirements_filename):
 
 setup(
     name=textract.__name__,
-    version="1.6.2",
+    version="1.6.3",
     description="extract text from any document. no muss. no fuss.",
     long_description=long_description,
     url=github_url,