diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
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--- a/project.clj
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject cheshire "5.6.0"
+(defproject cheshire "5.6.1-SNAPSHOT"
   :description "JSON and JSON SMILE encoding, fast."
   :url "https://github.com/dakrone/cheshire"
   :license {:name "The MIT License"