diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 4951e8b..07186d5 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.5.0
+current_version = 0.6.0
 files = setup.py
 search = version='{current_version}'
 	__version__ = '{current_version}'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2a0f3bb..fd73bbe 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 README = open(os.path.join(here, 'README.rst')).read()
 
 setup(name='saraswati',
-      version='0.5.0',
+      version='0.6.0',
       description='Saraswati - a robust, multi-channel audio recording, transmission and storage system',
       long_description=README,
       license="AGPL 3, EUPL 1.2",