diff --git a/doc/release_notes.rst b/doc/release_notes.rst
index a6d31b4b2..c1f5c0648 100644
--- a/doc/release_notes.rst
+++ b/doc/release_notes.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Release notes
 *************
 
-Version 0.5 (draft)
-===================
+Version 0.6
+===========
 
 New features
 ------------
diff --git a/soco/__init__.py b/soco/__init__.py
index 943754031..158e1a57a 100644
--- a/soco/__init__.py
+++ b/soco/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # Will be parsed by setup.py to determine package metadata
 __author__ = 'Rahim Sonawalla <rsonawalla@gmail.com>'
-__version__ = '0.5'
+__version__ = '0.6'
 __website__ = 'https://github.com/rahims/SoCo'
 __license__ = 'MIT License'