diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def get_version_info():
 
     # If this is a release or another kind of source distribution of PyCBC
     except:
-        version = '1.6.10'
+        version = '1.6.11'
         release = 'True'
         date = hash = branch = tag = author = committer = status = builder = build_date = ''
set to <I> to test deployment