diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3f2bb4ff4aee373b2ded8d1f309b5fb5347f1e3c..1a1cbd953e0fabb08425b6d1972be301730aa744 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 ########################################################################
 
 MAJOR = 0
-MINOR = 5
-MICRO = 1
+MINOR = 6
+MICRO = 0
 PRE = ""  # e.g. rc0, alpha.1, 0.beta-23
-ISRELEASED = False
+ISRELEASED = True
 
 if PRE:
     VERSION = "{}.{}.{}-{}".format(MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO, PRE)
diff --git a/src/doc/conf.py b/src/doc/conf.py
index 5318621687051c1af04c395681aa40ef3ac85b5c..8302fd6f8087b7fc2c3b0352d975b3d340be3677 100644
--- a/src/doc/conf.py
+++ b/src/doc/conf.py
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ copyright = '2021, IndiScale GmbH'
 author = 'Daniel Hornung'
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = '0.5.1'
+version = '0.6.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '0.5.1-dev'
+release = '0.6.0'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------