diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 2bb608c..2839626 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-0.6.2
+0.6.3
 -----
 - Upgraded to socket.io protocol 1.x for websocket transport
 - Added locks to fix concurrency issues with polling transport
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 51ab595..0b6a1a7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ DESCRIPTION = '\n\n'.join(open(join(HERE, _)).read() for _ in [
 ])
 setup(
     name='socketIO_client',
-    version='0.6.1',
+    version='0.6.3',
     description='A socket.io client library',
     long_description=DESCRIPTION,
     license='MIT',
diff --git a/socketIO_client/__init__.py b/socketIO_client/__init__.py
index b8186fd..dfe41e5 100644
--- a/socketIO_client/__init__.py
+++ b/socketIO_client/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from .transports import (
 
 
 __all__ = 'SocketIO', 'SocketIONamespace'
-__version__ = '0.6.1'
+__version__ = '0.6.3'
 BaseNamespace = SocketIONamespace
 LoggingNamespace = LoggingSocketIONamespace