diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a1d9631..4e7565d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ For documentation and guides [see the wiki][wiki]. For questions and feedback jo
 
 [travis-link]:      https://travis-ci.org/fisherman/fisherman
 [travis-badge]:     https://img.shields.io/travis/fisherman/fisherman.svg?style=flat-square
-[version-badge]:    https://img.shields.io/badge/latest-v0.5.0-00B9FF.svg?style=flat-square
+[version-badge]:    https://img.shields.io/badge/latest-v0.6.0-00B9FF.svg?style=flat-square
 [version-link]:     https://github.com/fisherman/fisherman/releases
 [wharf-link]:       https://fisherman-wharf.herokuapp.com/
 [wharf-badge]:      https://img.shields.io/badge/slack-join%20the%20chat-00cc99.svg?style=flat-square
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8f0916f..a918a2a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.5.0
+0.6.0