diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1175285a..c05ad011 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-m4_define([weston_major_version], [5])
+m4_define([weston_major_version], [6])
 m4_define([weston_minor_version], [0])
-m4_define([weston_micro_version], [94])
+m4_define([weston_micro_version], [0])
 m4_define([weston_version],
           [weston_major_version.weston_minor_version.weston_micro_version])
 m4_define([libweston_major_version], [6])
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 014183a8..2155b7b1 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('weston',
 	'c',
-	version: '5.0.94',
+	version: '6.0.0',
 	default_options: [
 		'warning_level=2',
 		'c_std=gnu99',