diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3859323b..9f256454 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 
+Version 0.6 - January 29, 2010
+
+- Fetch new work unit, if scanhash takes longer than 5 seconds (--scantime)
+- BeeCee1's sha256 4way optimizations
+- lfm's byte swap optimization (improves via, cryptopp)
+- Fix non-working short options -q, -r
+
 Version 0.5 - December 28, 2010
 
 - Exit program, when all threads have exited
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b833434f..1402b8a0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-AC_INIT([cpuminer], [0.5])
+AC_INIT([cpuminer], [0.6])
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.52)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([cpu-miner.c])