diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b7819261f..efecf58a8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 dnl Created by Anjuta application wizard.
 
-AC_INIT(mapnik, 0.5.1)
+AC_INIT(mapnik, 0.6.0)
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(AC_PACKAGE_NAME, AC_PACKAGE_VERSION)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)