diff --git a/bitcoin-qt.pro b/bitcoin-qt.pro
index 4913d0fec..ff09e3822 100644
--- a/bitcoin-qt.pro
+++ b/bitcoin-qt.pro
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 TEMPLATE = app
 TARGET =
-VERSION = 0.5.99
+VERSION = 0.6.0
 INCLUDEPATH += src src/json src/qt
 DEFINES += QT_GUI BOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB
 CONFIG += no_include_pwd
diff --git a/doc/README b/doc/README
index d8453a4d6..00694e2ae 100644
--- a/doc/README
+++ b/doc/README
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-Bitcoin 0.5.99 BETA
+Bitcoin 0.6.0 BETA
 
-Copyright (c) 2009-2011 Bitcoin Developers
+Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Bitcoin Developers
 Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
 file license.txt or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in
diff --git a/doc/README_windows.txt b/doc/README_windows.txt
index f3e9811aa..9aa5aa744 100644
--- a/doc/README_windows.txt
+++ b/doc/README_windows.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-Bitcoin 0.5.99 BETA
+Bitcoin 0.6.0 BETA
 
-Copyright (c) 2009-2011 Bitcoin Developers
+Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Bitcoin Developers
 Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
 file license.txt or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in
diff --git a/share/setup.nsi b/share/setup.nsi
index dcd192fa5..6bd003f0d 100644
--- a/share/setup.nsi
+++ b/share/setup.nsi
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SetCompressor /SOLID lzma
 
 # General Symbol Definitions
 !define REGKEY "SOFTWARE\$(^Name)"
-!define VERSION 0.5.99
+!define VERSION 0.6.0
 !define COMPANY "Bitcoin project"
 !define URL http://www.bitcoin.org/
 
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ Var StartMenuGroup
 !insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE English
 
 # Installer attributes
-OutFile bitcoin-0.5.99-win32-setup.exe
+OutFile bitcoin-0.6.0-win32-setup.exe
 InstallDir $PROGRAMFILES\Bitcoin
 CRCCheck on
 XPStyle on
 BrandingText " "
 ShowInstDetails show
-VIProductVersion 0.5.99.0
+VIProductVersion 0.6.0.0
 VIAddVersionKey ProductName Bitcoin
 VIAddVersionKey ProductVersion "${VERSION}"
 VIAddVersionKey CompanyName "${COMPANY}"
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index 38cdd81fc..2ec9f97f6 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class CInv;
 class CRequestTracker;
 class CNode;
 
-static const int CLIENT_VERSION = 59900;
+static const int CLIENT_VERSION = 60000;
 static const bool VERSION_IS_BETA = true;
 extern const std::string CLIENT_NAME;