diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 63a341c..53267f0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+New in Version 0.1.6
+====================
+* fixes egg-info file issues. The minc-stuffs version information will be produced correctly now
+
 New in Version 0.1.5
 ====================
 * fixes cython/numpy compilation issues with anaconda-2.1.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index de6cf9d..844aa9f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     m.Extension.__dict__ = m._Extension.__dict__
 
 setup(name="python-stuffs",
-      version='0.1.5',
+      version='0.1.6',
       scripts=["python/TFCE",
                "python/smooth_vector",
                "python/measure_xcorr",