diff --git a/build/version.go b/build/version.go
index 4badd3aa..67803f2b 100644
--- a/build/version.go
+++ b/build/version.go
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ const semanticAlphabet = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqr
 // versioning 2.0.0 spec (http://semver.org/).
 const (
 	appMajor uint = 0
-	appMinor uint = 5
-	appPatch uint = 2
+	appMinor uint = 6
+	appPatch uint = 0
 
 	// appPreRelease MUST only contain characters from semanticAlphabet
 	// per the semantic versioning spec.
-	appPreRelease = "99-beta"
+	appPreRelease = "beta"
 )
 
 // Version returns the application version as a properly formed string per the