diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 0321c8e02..4f4430c1e 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.5.0
+current_version = 0.6.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/boa3/__init__.py b/boa3/__init__.py
index 3dd263b9d..422ecc400 100644
--- a/boa3/__init__.py
+++ b/boa3/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 import logging
 
 logging.basicConfig(format='%(levelname)s: %(message)s', level=logging.DEBUG)
-__version__ = '0.5.0'
+__version__ = '0.6.0'