diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 62e38ee5a575aa1c530bf3a995a5e1a9201e23ff..bdaf0ea9ac8c7531815f8f27bad3943eec566191 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ set ( CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${walberla_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake )
 
 include ( waLBerlaFunctions )
 
-set_version( 5 1 )
+set_version( 6 0 )
 
 include( CMakeParseArguments )