diff --git a/eppy/__init__.py b/eppy/__init__.py
index f5d9892d..b4604ad1 100644
--- a/eppy/__init__.py
+++ b/eppy/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 __author__ = """Santosh Philip"""
 __email__ = "santosh@noemail.com"
-__version__ = "0.5.60"
+__version__ = "0.5.61"
 
 
 from io import StringIO
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 581220d5..3acc1ad9 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.5.60
+current_version = 0.5.61
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9b435bcd..8915476e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def run_tests(self):
 
 setup(
     name="eppy",
-    version="0.5.60",
+    version="0.5.61",
     url="https://github.com/santoshphilip/eppy",
     license="MIT License",
     author="Santosh Philip",