diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5a7a0bf8de6e81be3fa64dd9e778ad61d3d63c8a..4332712d317f1d8b8ea1651b41ebba2f18148402 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.1)
 project (opendht)
 set (opendht_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
-set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 5.0)
+set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 6.0)
 set (opendht_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION_MAJOR}.${opendht_VERSION_MINOR})
 set (PACKAGE_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION})
 set (VERSION "${opendht_VERSION}")
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 85d848d81f571ac6029c3bb5cceac271706826c5..7d051d72c9817102b57d51b6396627a320563b1c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl define macros
 m4_define([opendht_major_version], 1)
-m4_define([opendht_minor_version], 5)
+m4_define([opendht_minor_version], 6)
 m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 0)
 m4_define([opendht_version],
 		  [opendht_major_version.opendht_minor_version.opendht_patch_version])