diff --git a/doc/release_notes.rst b/doc/release_notes.rst
index c00e213..5edbeb2 100644
--- a/doc/release_notes.rst
+++ b/doc/release_notes.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ desimodel Release Notes
 0.6.0 (unreleased)
 ------------------
 
+* No changes yet
+
+0.6.0 (2017-03-27)
+------------------
+
 * Add desimodel.seeing module with functions that model the expected DESI
   zenith seeing at 6355A, with an accompanying jupyter notebook.
 * Altered xy offset RMS calculation in focalplane.py to scale the distribution
diff --git a/py/desimodel/_version.py b/py/desimodel/_version.py
index 13e7821..ef7eb44 100644
--- a/py/desimodel/_version.py
+++ b/py/desimodel/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.5.1.dev110'
+__version__ = '0.6.0'