diff --git a/synop2bufr/__init__.py b/synop2bufr/__init__.py
index 7b8cb9d..0c07077 100644
--- a/synop2bufr/__init__.py
+++ b/synop2bufr/__init__.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 from pymetdecoder import synop
 from csv2bufr import BUFRMessage
 
-__version__ = '0.5.dev2'
+__version__ = '0.6.0'
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)