diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a54a38b..d03b632 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Salvium Zero v0.5.4-rc4
+# Salvium Zero v0.6.0-rc1
 
 Copyright (c) 2023-2024, Salvium
 Portions Copyright (c) 2014-2023, The Monero Project
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ Tested on a Raspberry Pi Zero with a clean install of minimal Raspbian Stretch (
     ```bash
     git clone https://github.com/salvium/salvium
     cd salvium
-    git checkout v0.5.4-rc4
+    git checkout v0.6.0-rc1
     ```
 
 * Build:
@@ -370,10 +370,10 @@ application.
     cd salvium
     ```
 
-* If you would like a specific [version/tag](https://github.com/salvium/salvium/tags), do a git checkout for that version. eg. 'v0.5.4-rc4'. If you don't care about the version and just want binaries from master, skip this step:
+* If you would like a specific [version/tag](https://github.com/salvium/salvium/tags), do a git checkout for that version. eg. 'v0.6.0-rc1'. If you don't care about the version and just want binaries from master, skip this step:
 
     ```bash
-    git checkout v0.5.4-rc4
+    git checkout v0.6.0-rc1
     ```
 
 * If you are on a 64-bit system, run:
diff --git a/src/version.cpp.in b/src/version.cpp.in
index 0071633..33fea59 100644
--- a/src/version.cpp.in
+++ b/src/version.cpp.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #define DEF_SALVIUM_VERSION_TAG "@VERSIONTAG@"
-#define DEF_SALVIUM_VERSION "0.5.4-rc4"
+#define DEF_SALVIUM_VERSION "0.6.0-rc1"
 #define DEF_MONERO_VERSION_TAG "release"
 #define DEF_MONERO_VERSION "0.18.3.3"
 #define DEF_MONERO_RELEASE_NAME "Zero"