diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
index 43fdd85288887669c2e94075480492d7a07e00ab..6af544fba422fdf316035581add2be8650c8d1c9 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ class SimpleSAML_Configuration {
 
 
 	public function getVersion($verbose = FALSE) {
-		return '1.6.x';
+		return '1.6.2';
 	}