diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 176e226291b..966e6077803 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 Ansible Changes By Release
 ==========================
 
-0.5 "Amsterdam" ------- July XX, 2012
+0.6 "Cabo" ------------ pending
+
+* ...
+
+0.5 "Amsterdam" ------- July 04, 2012
 
 * Service module gets more accurate service states when running with upstart
 * Jinja2 usage in playbooks (not templates), reinstated, supports %include directive
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ae49554430..6f985de62ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Contributions to the core and modules are greatly welcome.
        * Make sure "make tests" passes before submitting any requests.
    * Bonus points:
        * Joining the mailing list
+       * Fixing bugs instead of sending bug reports.
        * Using squash merges
        * Updating the "rst/*" files in the docs project and "docs/" manpage content
        * Adding more unit tests 
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ Contributions to the core and modules are greatly welcome.
        * Sending feature pull requests to the 'master' branch instead of the devel branch
        * Sending pull requests to mpdehaan's personal ansible fork.
 
+
 Author
 ======
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 2eb3c4fe4ee..5a2a5806df6 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.5
+0.6
diff --git a/docs/man/man1/ansible-playbook.1 b/docs/man/man1/ansible-playbook.1
index eb3ba53ab03..157ba08cb8f 100644
--- a/docs/man/man1/ansible-playbook.1
+++ b/docs/man/man1/ansible-playbook.1
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 .\"     Title: ansible-playbook
 .\"    Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
 .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\"      Date: 06/19/2012
+.\"      Date: 07/04/2012
 .\"    Manual: System administration commands
-.\"    Source: Ansible 0.5
+.\"    Source: Ansible 0.6
 .\"  Language: English
 .\"
-.TH "ANSIBLE\-PLAYBOOK" "1" "06/19/2012" "Ansible 0\&.5" "System administration commands"
+.TH "ANSIBLE\-PLAYBOOK" "1" "07/04/2012" "Ansible 0\&.6" "System administration commands"
 .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
 .\" * set default formatting
 .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/docs/man/man1/ansible.1 b/docs/man/man1/ansible.1
index 0554ebdc9b0..efe491345ca 100644
--- a/docs/man/man1/ansible.1
+++ b/docs/man/man1/ansible.1
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 .\"     Title: ansible
 .\"    Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
 .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\"      Date: 06/19/2012
+.\"      Date: 07/04/2012
 .\"    Manual: System administration commands
-.\"    Source: Ansible 0.5
+.\"    Source: Ansible 0.6
 .\"  Language: English
 .\"
-.TH "ANSIBLE" "1" "06/19/2012" "Ansible 0\&.5" "System administration commands"
+.TH "ANSIBLE" "1" "07/04/2012" "Ansible 0\&.6" "System administration commands"
 .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
 .\" * set default formatting
 .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/lib/ansible/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/__init__.py
index 7e8cc39d360..e8d3f99ff5d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/__init__.py
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-__version__ = '0.5'
+__version__ = '0.6'
 __author__ = 'Michael DeHaan'
diff --git a/packaging/debian/changelog b/packaging/debian/changelog
index 9e8970abf28..fc3f9f3fe02 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/changelog
+++ b/packaging/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+ansible (0.6) debian; urgency=low
+  
+  * 0.6 not released yet
+ 
+-- Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 13:40:01 -0400
+
 ansible (0.5) debian; urgency=low
 
   * 0.5 update