diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d1d899fa..a918a2aa 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.5.5
+0.6.0
diff --git a/jedi/__init__.py b/jedi/__init__.py
index 7d74b8c4..31da8e79 100644
--- a/jedi/__init__.py
+++ b/jedi/__init__.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ As you see Jedi is pretty simple and allows you to concentrate on writing a
 good text editor, while still having very good IDE features for Python.
 """
 
+__version__ = 0, 6, 0
+
 import sys
 
 # python imports are hell sometimes. Especially the combination of relative