diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 827233e..60f641c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   name        = 'PyOTA',
   description = 'IOTA API library for Python',
   url         = 'https://github.com/iotaledger/iota.lib.py',
-  version     = '1.0.0b5',
+  version     = '1.0.0b6',
 
   packages              = find_packages('src'),
   include_package_data  = True,