diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index 136ef73d9d..b1139b54ec 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/Nerdbank.GitVersioning/main/src/NerdBank.GitVersioning/version.schema.json",
-  "version": "1.5",
+  "version": "1.6",
   "publicReleaseRefSpec": [
     "^refs/tags/v\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+$",
     "^refs/heads/release/\\d+\\.\\d+$"