diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 0664a8f..0000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-1.1.6
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 219cfe8..8e645aa 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = argutil
-version = 1.1.5
+version = 1.1.6
 description = Wrapper for argparse that uses JSON config files to define command line parsers
 long_description = file: README.rst, CHANGELOG.rst, LICENSE.rst
 author = cmccandless