diff --git a/src/transformers/version.py b/src/transformers/version.py
index 83e655d18357..45a102cf0b93 100644
--- a/src/transformers/version.py
+++ b/src/transformers/version.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from datetime import date
 
 
-nm_version_base = "1.5.0"
+nm_version_base = "1.6.0"
 transformers_version_base = "42301"  # 4.23.1
 is_release = False  # change to True to set the generated version as a release version
 
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ def _generate_version():
 version_major, version_minor, version_bug, version_build = version.split(".") + (
     [None] if len(version.split(".")) < 4 else []
 )  # handle conditional for version being 3 parts or 4 (4 containing build date)
-version_major_minor = f"{version_major}.{version_minor}"
\ No newline at end of file
+version_major_minor = f"{version_major}.{version_minor}"