diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index e6451b45fb..075571e903 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 5.8.0
+current_version = 6.0.0
 files = VERSION faker/__init__.py docs/conf.py
 commit = True
 tag = True
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 11d9efa3d5..09b254e90c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.8.0
+6.0.0
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index ad0b7a2443..9365e2f777 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '5.8.0'
+version = '6.0.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '5.8.0'
+release = '6.0.0'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/faker/__init__.py b/faker/__init__.py
index 26754740ce..b48c99495a 100644
--- a/faker/__init__.py
+++ b/faker/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 from faker.generator import Generator
 from faker.proxy import Faker
 
-VERSION = '5.8.0'
+VERSION = '6.0.0'
 
 __all__ = ('Factory', 'Generator', 'Faker')