diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1459957..643834d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" STREQUAL "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
 endif()
 
 
-project(exhale VERSION 1.0.5 LANGUAGES CXX)
+project(exhale VERSION 1.0.6 LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
     set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c6ae8aa..2536c8d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ exhale is being made available under an open-source license which is
 similar to the 3-clause BSD license but modified to address specific
 aspects dictated by the nature and the output of this application.
 
-The license text and release notes for the current version 1.0.5 can
+The license text and release notes for the current version 1.0.6 can
 be found in the `include` subdirectory of the exhale distribution.
 
 
diff --git a/include/version.h b/include/version.h
index 87bbe43..46fa285 100644
--- a/include/version.h
+++ b/include/version.h
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
 # define EXHALELIB_VERSION_MINOR "0"
 #endif
 #ifndef EXHALELIB_VERSION_BUGFIX
-# define EXHALELIB_VERSION_BUGFIX ".5" // "RC" or ".0", ".1", ...
+# define EXHALELIB_VERSION_BUGFIX ".6" // "RC" or ".0", ".1", ...
 #endif
diff --git a/src/app/exhaleApp.rc b/src/app/exhaleApp.rc
index 1a97748..998e43b 100644
--- a/src/app/exhaleApp.rc
+++ b/src/app/exhaleApp.rc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 0 ICON "exhaleApp.ico"
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
-FILEVERSION 1,0,5
+FILEVERSION 1,0,6
 BEGIN
   BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
   BEGIN
diff --git a/src/lib/bitAllocation.cpp b/src/lib/bitAllocation.cpp
index 66a7cce..a1c6725 100644
--- a/src/lib/bitAllocation.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/bitAllocation.cpp
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ unsigned BitAllocator::imprSfbStepSizes (const SfbGroupData* const groupData[USA
 
       for (b = 0; b < maxSfbInCh; b++) // improve step-sizes by limiting and attenuation
       {
-        grpStepSizes[b] = uint32_t ((__max (grpRmsMin, grpStepSizes[b]) * s * (m_tempSfbValue[b] + 1ui64) - (1u << 14)) >> 15);
+        grpStepSizes[b] = uint32_t ((__max (grpRmsMin, grpStepSizes[b]) * s * (m_tempSfbValue[b] + 1u) + (1u << 14)) >> 15);
       }
     } // for gr
   } // for ch