diff --git a/DDSegmentation/CMakeLists.txt b/DDSegmentation/CMakeLists.txt
index 6fca207c9876e5df4bbab0c82428943cd3153a50..585d770e802e786812a5fcf5902474dd73abc866 100644
--- a/DDSegmentation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/DDSegmentation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3 FATAL_ERROR)
 project(DDSegmentation)
  #fg: version number must be the same as dd4hep !!
 set(DDSegmentation_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
-set(DDSegmentation_VERSION_MINOR 5)
+set(DDSegmentation_VERSION_MINOR 6)
 set(DDSegmentation_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 set(DDSegmentation_VERSION "${DDSegmentation_VERSION_MAJOR}.${DDSegmentation_VERSION_MINOR}" )
 set(DDSegmentation_SOVERSION "${DDSegmentation_VERSION_MAJOR}.${DDSegmentation_VERSION_MINOR}")