diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7a384e97a..11c9246d4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6590,7 +6590,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "xous-tts-backend"
-version = "0.1.5"
+version = "0.1.6"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "num-derive 0.3.3",
diff --git a/services/tts/Cargo.toml b/services/tts/Cargo.toml
index c08b439d9..df7bd69dd 100644
--- a/services/tts/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/tts/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ rkyv = { version = "0.8.8", default-features = false, features = [
     "std",
     "alloc",
 ] }
-# xous-tts-backend = {path="../../../tts-backend"}
-xous-tts-backend = "0.1.4"
+xous-tts-backend = "0.1.6"
 codec = { path = "../codec" }
 
 utralib = { version = "0.1.24", optional = true, default-features = false }