diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 8ae56bf..791d7c4 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: cfitsio
-Version: 0.0.5
-Date: 2023-06-12
+Version: 0.0.6
+Date: 2023-12-20
 Author: John Donoghue
 Maintainer: John Donoghue <john.donoghue@ieee.org>
 Title: File I/O for FITS files.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ff26c13..4a6e947 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Version 0.0.6 released 2023-12-20
+===================================
+
+ * minor documentation updates
+
+ * handle spaces in windows path during configuration
+
 Version 0.0.5 released 2023-06-12
 ===================================
 
@@ -19,8 +26,10 @@ Version 0.0.3 released 2022-06-28
 
 Version 0.0.2 released 2022-04-27
 ===================================
+
  * rename package from octave-cfitsio to cfitsio
 
 Version 0.0.1 released 2022-04-26
 ===================================
+
  * Initial release
diff --git a/src/configure.ac b/src/configure.ac
index af326ae..489988f 100644
--- a/src/configure.ac
+++ b/src/configure.ac
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 ### <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.67])
-AC_INIT([cfitsio], [0.0.5])
+AC_INIT([cfitsio], [0.0.6])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
 # Avoid warnings for redefining AH-generated preprocessor symbols of