diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 5ca27260..eed41412 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.6.15
+current_version = 1.6.16
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)
 	\.(?P<minor>\d+)
 	\.(?P<patch>\d+)
diff --git a/dbt_coves/__init__.py b/dbt_coves/__init__.py
index 57fe8073..6ae11df6 100644
--- a/dbt_coves/__init__.py
+++ b/dbt_coves/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.6.15"
+__version__ = "1.6.16"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3cb6c583..254b14e7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "dbt_coves"
-version = "1.6.15"
+version = "1.6.16"
 description = "CLI tool for dbt users adopting analytics engineering best practices."
 authors = ["Datacoves <hello@datacoves.com>"]
 license = "Apache 2.0"