diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 600835d..b5b966f 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "0.5.0"
+    ".": "0.6.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 585aeb5..1357835 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.6.0](https://github.com/feeph/libi2c-python/compare/v0.5.0...v0.6.0) (2024-07-23)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add configuration for dependabot ([31f07f2](https://github.com/feeph/libi2c-python/commit/31f07f237817fdc11fb5b999edfdfdc5bb8ab14c))
+* allow reading and writing of device state ([67a72cf](https://github.com/feeph/libi2c-python/commit/67a72cf2d96687d6fe94eda694bcdddf30d33163))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* delete obsolete code in 'BurstHandler' ([0741bd4](https://github.com/feeph/libi2c-python/commit/0741bd423cd7fe121c5367afcb0375bd4aad4bfc))
+* remove obsolete file ([559d320](https://github.com/feeph/libi2c-python/commit/559d3201ef6a8219546d4ffcc0ffffb90d0f81cc))
+* update package versions ([5df0bb9](https://github.com/feeph/libi2c-python/commit/5df0bb91e51970433583dae5f20091407275ccba))
+
 ## [0.5.0](https://github.com/feeph/libi2c-python/compare/v0.4.1...v0.5.0) (2024-07-20)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fbe4769..3c9bd4d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # PEP 621 project metadata
 # https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0621
 name = "feeph.i2c"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 description = "abstraction layer for the I²C bus (incl. simulation for testing)"
 authors = [
     {name = "Feeph Aifeimei", email = "55798703+feeph@users.noreply.github.com"},