diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 7b02d0bf06f5c2561957e016dd1b448b752cf479..1cecf68d6277611a1325ed2f8f0df38b954dabf3 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ package ipfs
 var CurrentCommit string
 
 // CurrentVersionNumber is the current application's version literal
-const CurrentVersionNumber = "0.6.0-rc7"
+const CurrentVersionNumber = "0.6.0"
 
 const ApiVersion = "/go-ipfs/" + CurrentVersionNumber + "/"