diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 609d8048a067033f3e3a1865e02ce4fc3e941f9e..9c951f0b69d88580caaab40915ea2be69d3f9b9c 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   <property name="solr_version" value="7.3.1" />
   <property name="phpdoc_version" value="2.9.0" />
 
-  <property name="version" value="5.1.1" />
+  <property name="version" value="6.0" />
 
   <!-- We only need the -p switch if the password is non-blank -->
   <if><not><equals arg1="${mysqlrootpass}" arg2="" /></not><then>
diff --git a/config/vufind/config.ini b/config/vufind/config.ini
index 51aa315a611114367de9e6e188d6a75cf136b7ca..35d97411e2a24e357f195893567d4abc2976cfc7 100644
--- a/config/vufind/config.ini
+++ b/config/vufind/config.ini
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ allowSavedSearches = true
 ; features (such as display of hierarchies).
 nonJavascriptSupportEnabled = false
 ; Generator value to display in an HTML header <meta> tag:
-generator = "VuFind 5.1.1"
+generator = "VuFind 6.0"
 
 ; This section allows you to configure the mechanism used for storing user
 ; sessions.  Available types: File, Memcache, Database.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f427f8ac88d5244aa55811f2395e3e207526e647..2a1ce9d480413766de8e240ace568aa8759aeff3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "vufind",
-  "version": "5.1.1",
+  "version": "6.0.0",
   "description": "Dev tools to handle css preprocessing, js magic, and compression",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/DEBIAN/changelog b/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
index 919258e8921d7dc56723a949fc1c7883c338df37..80a52527b05129089108c8260e2db442225c9f80 100644
--- a/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
+++ b/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+vufind 6.0 distribution; urgency=low
+
+  * VuFind 6.0 release (see http://vufind.org/wiki/changelog for details)
+
+ -- maintainer VuFind Project Administration Team <vufind-admins@lists.sourceforge.net>  Mo 15 Jul 2019 10:00:00 UTC
+
 vufind 5.1.1 distribution; urgency=low
 
   * VuFind 5.1.1 release (see http://vufind.org/wiki/changelog for details)
diff --git a/packages/DEBIAN/control b/packages/DEBIAN/control
index 00e368d8321cb88706985e470614c63660bf6aa3..421a18f5b3831162c12d3a81bc9f42445fa7aa58 100644
--- a/packages/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/packages/DEBIAN/control
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: vufind
-Version: 5.1.1
+Version: 6.0
 Section: World Wide Web
 Priority: Optional
 Architecture: all