diff --git a/cmd/dcrctl/version.go b/cmd/dcrctl/version.go
index 15837a5c..78a01652 100644
--- a/cmd/dcrctl/version.go
+++ b/cmd/dcrctl/version.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const semanticAlphabet = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqr
 // versioning 2.0.0 spec (http://semver.org/).
 const (
 	appMajor uint = 0
-	appMinor uint = 5
+	appMinor uint = 6
 	appPatch uint = 0
 
 	// appPreRelease MUST only contain characters from semanticAlphabet
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 6886ccfd..e1b63954 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const semanticAlphabet = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqr
 // versioning 2.0.0 spec (http://semver.org/).
 const (
 	appMajor uint = 0
-	appMinor uint = 5
+	appMinor uint = 6
 	appPatch uint = 0
 
 	// appPreRelease MUST only contain characters from semanticAlphabet