diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6c8d31eeb..25b397a6d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ MANUALS = $(EXECUTABLES:=.1)
 
 DOCUMENTATION = LICENSE README.md
 
-VERSION = $(shell git describe --always --dirty 2>/dev/null || echo "v0.5-git")
+VERSION = v0.6
 
 CONFIG_HELP ?= 1
 CONFIG_CURSES ?= 1
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 6888c4260..7efd8b620 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.5'
+version = '0.6'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.5'
+release = '0.6'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.