diff --git a/barcodeforge/__init__.py b/barcodeforge/__init__.py
index c72e379..9b102be 100644
--- a/barcodeforge/__init__.py
+++ b/barcodeforge/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.1.4"
+__version__ = "1.1.5"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 840b54e..5f0b64b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "BarcodeForge"
-version = "1.1.4"
+version = "1.1.5"
 description = "A CLI tool for generating pathogen-specific barcodes for Freyja."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"