diff --git a/simstring/__init__.py b/simstring/__init__.py
index 5a28280..da74604 100644
--- a/simstring/__init__.py
+++ b/simstring/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.5.0"
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+__version__ = "0.6.0"
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