diff --git a/doc/changelog.rst b/doc/changelog.rst
index 33c4667e6..610a4edaa 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/changelog.rst
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ Patch version changes indicate backward compatible bug fixes.
 
 To install a specific version of the library you would run ``pip install mne-nirs==0.3.0``, where ``0.3.0`` is the version you wish to install.
 
-v0.6.dev0
----------
+v0.6.0
+------
 
 * Changed ci param to errorbar in sns-catplot functions. By `Nicolas Busato`_.
 * Fix bug in SNIRF writer that caused incorrect duration to be written to file. By `Robert Luke`_.
diff --git a/mne_nirs/_version.py b/mne_nirs/_version.py
index d0b2d05c0..906d362f7 100644
--- a/mne_nirs/_version.py
+++ b/mne_nirs/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.6.dev0"
+__version__ = "0.6.0"