diff --git a/.gitsubprojects b/.gitsubprojects
index ecb4616b7e84a8e3be4f7462ec485120ffea79ff..932620f1304fac6c716bb7a6f5645988f74f342b 100644
--- a/.gitsubprojects
+++ b/.gitsubprojects
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 #git_subproject( Brion https://github.com/BlueBrain/Brion.git 073f356 )
 git_subproject( ReTo https://github.com/gmrvvis/ReTo.git 14e08c0 )
 git_subproject( prefr https://github.com/gmrvvis/prefr.git 05fbf11 )
-git_subproject( SimIL https://github.com/gmrvvis/SimIL.git 47a0ff8 )
+git_subproject( SimIL https://github.com/gmrvvis/SimIL.git cae6e2e )
 git_subproject( scoop https://github.com/gmrvvis/scoop.git b3326cd )
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 06d96e05d9a34e1c30bdb4a78de963b9538cae3c..8ecf037608f1e804629ddb3de68ee131133db3a7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.1 FATAL_ERROR )
 
 # visimpl project and version
-project( visimpl VERSION 1.1.5 )
+project( visimpl VERSION 1.1.6 )
 set( visimpl_VERSION_ABI 6 )
 
 SET( VISIMPL_LICENSE "GPL")