diff --git a/pgfutils.py b/pgfutils.py
index cb09c1f..7ec3048 100644
--- a/pgfutils.py
+++ b/pgfutils.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = "1.6.0-alpha0"
+__version__ = "1.6.0"
 
 # We don't import Matplotlib here as this brings in NumPy. In turn, NumPy
 # caches a reference to the io.open() method as part of its data loading