diff --git a/lib/open_project/version.rb b/lib/open_project/version.rb
index d846e01415..820084037f 100644
--- a/lib/open_project/version.rb
+++ b/lib/open_project/version.rb
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ require 'open3'
 
 module OpenProject
   module VERSION #:nodoc:
-    MAJOR = 5
-    MINOR = 1
+    MAJOR = 6
+    MINOR = 0
     PATCH = 0
     TINY  = PATCH # Redmine compat