diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a263d3b..3e8f1e8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT(alsa-utils, 1.1.5)
+AC_INIT(alsa-utils, 1.1.6)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([aplay/aplay.c])
 AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT(/usr)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE