diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index 6831d9a49..eb8356635 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package:
   name: snakepipes
-  version: 1.0.0_alpha5
+  version: 1.0.0_alpha6
 
 source:
   path: ../
diff --git a/snakePipes/__init__.py b/snakePipes/__init__.py
index 76ba7a380..7c20bb7e0 100644
--- a/snakePipes/__init__.py
+++ b/snakePipes/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.0.0-a5'
+__version__ = '1.0.0-a6'