diff --git a/picosnitch.py b/picosnitch.py
index 1b4d9f3..5939728 100755
--- a/picosnitch.py
+++ b/picosnitch.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 import psutil
 
 # set constants and RLIMIT_NOFILE if configured
-VERSION: typing.Final[str] = "0.6.0"
+VERSION: typing.Final[str] = "0.6.1"
 PAGE_CNT: typing.Final[int] = 8
 if sys.platform.startswith("linux") and os.getuid() == 0 and os.getenv("SUDO_USER") is not None:
     home_dir = os.path.join("/home", os.getenv("SUDO_USER"))