diff --git a/docs/docs/user/changelog.md b/docs/docs/user/changelog.md
index 08e09d7fe..c9fc3cd98 100644
--- a/docs/docs/user/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/docs/user/changelog.md
@@ -1,4 +1,25 @@
 # Changelog
+## [6.0.0](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/releases/tag/6.0.0) - Release Date: [2024-06-06]
+
+### 🏗️ Breaking changes
+
+- KPOps `6.0.0` - [#496](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/pull/496)
+
+
+### 🚀 Features
+
+- KPOps `6.0.0` - [#496](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/pull/496)
+
+
+### 🏭 Refactor
+
+- KPOps `6.0.0` - [#496](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/pull/496)
+
+
+
+
+
+
 ## [5.1.1](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/releases/tag/5.1.1) - Release Date: [2024-05-22]
 
 ### 🐛 Fixes
diff --git a/kpops/__init__.py b/kpops/__init__.py
index cb9b90273..a3eba814a 100644
--- a/kpops/__init__.py
+++ b/kpops/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "5.1.1"
+__version__ = "6.0.0"
 
 # export public API functions
 from kpops.api import clean, deploy, destroy, generate, init, manifest, reset
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3075c1567..a717fe63a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "kpops"
-version = "5.1.1"
+version = "6.0.0"
 description = "KPOps is a tool to deploy Kafka pipelines to Kubernetes"
 authors = ["bakdata <opensource@bakdata.com>"]
 license = "MIT"