diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 08b0a117f540409ec35ce6e44d5bad06102c6623..b5d1c830a1c9333ddd1b7bf7412e09b2d73a9a62 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ author = 'Nicolas Maillet'
 # The short X.Y version
 version = ''
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '0.5.4'
+release = '0.6.0'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/rpg/RapidPeptidesGenerator.py b/rpg/RapidPeptidesGenerator.py
index 8972b0b3a3a2095624443b7e20caf63ac483b554..5e9e1bbf48517a2f7ef5772a8b359fd519dc9cb5 100644
--- a/rpg/RapidPeptidesGenerator.py
+++ b/rpg/RapidPeptidesGenerator.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 necessary functions
 """
 
-__version_info__ = ('0', '5', '4')
+__version_info__ = ('0', '6', '0')
 __version__ = '.'.join(__version_info__)
 __revision_date__ = "2018-05-02"
 __author__ = "Nicolas Maillet"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2bddbc8404dfe5d737227927a14cc28a76ba8d52..1c38b6544a7421a9995eee66ad0c37ed9bb3629e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import os
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 _MAJOR = 0
-_MINOR = 5
-_MICRO = 4
+_MINOR = 6
+_MICRO = 0
 version = '%d.%d.%d' % (_MAJOR, _MINOR, _MICRO)
 release = '%d.%d' % (_MAJOR, _MINOR)
 
@@ -18,11 +18,10 @@ metainfo = {
     'platforms': ['Linux', 'Unix', 'MacOsX', 'Windows'],
     "keywords": ["protein", "peptide", "enzyme", "protease", "digestion"],
     'classifiers': [
-        'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
+        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
         'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)',
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',