diff --git a/include/version.default b/include/version.default
index 42025646..5283bc13 100644
--- a/include/version.default
+++ b/include/version.default
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.5
+1.6.7
diff --git a/include/version.h b/include/version.h
index c2a2e02c..eed0fa53 100644
--- a/include/version.h
+++ b/include/version.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 // generated header, see makeversion.py
-#define RADIANT_VERSION "1.6.6"
-#define RADIANT_MINOR_VERSION "6"
+#define RADIANT_VERSION "1.6.7"
+#define RADIANT_MINOR_VERSION "7"
 #define RADIANT_MAJOR_VERSION "6"
diff --git a/makeversion.py b/makeversion.py
index 356e2d52..caec9e19 100644
--- a/makeversion.py
+++ b/makeversion.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # version and about message management
 # NOTE: this module is meant to be used on all platforms, it is not SCons centric
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ def get_version():
   # version
   f = open('include/version.default', 'r')
   buffer = f.read()
-  line = string.split(buffer, '\n')[0]
+  line = buffer.split('\n')[0]
   f.close()
   sys.stdout.write("version: %s\n" % line)
   exp = re.compile('^1\\.([^\\.]*)\\.([0-9]*)')
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ def radiant_makeversion(append_about):
   sys.stdout.write("about message is in %s\n" % aboutfile)
   f = open(aboutfile, 'r')
   buffer = f.read()
-  line = string.split(buffer, '\n')[0]
+  line = buffer.split('\n')[0]
   f.close()
   # optional additional message
   if ( not append_about is None ):