diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c6ed35385..6f5a407a4 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-okular v0.5.94
+okular v0.6
diff --git a/aboutdata.h b/aboutdata.h
index fcf7f6452..35b7d9ac0 100644
--- a/aboutdata.h
+++ b/aboutdata.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ inline KAboutData okularAboutData( const char* name, const char* iname )
         name, //"okular",
         "okular",
         ki18n(iname), //I18N_NOOP("okular"),
-        "0.5.94",
+        "0.6",
         ki18n("okular, a universal document viewer"),
         KAboutData::License_GPL,
         ki18n("(C) 2002 Wilco Greven, Christophe Devriese\n"