diff --git a/gstatsd/core.py b/gstatsd/core.py
index db5e8e2..64a1a82 100644
--- a/gstatsd/core.py
+++ b/gstatsd/core.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 
-__version__ = '0.5'
+__version__ = '0.6'