diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cc1daba..862715e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Initialisation
-AC_INIT([genome_painter], [0.0.5], [s.watts2@student.unimelb.edu.au])
+AC_INIT([genome_painter], [0.0.6], [s.watts2@student.unimelb.edu.au])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall -Werror subdir-objects])
 
 # Static compiler option
diff --git a/src/lib/version.h b/src/lib/version.h
index 73184cb..3209b5e 100644
--- a/src/lib/version.h
+++ b/src/lib/version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-const std::string VERSION ("0.0.5");
+const std::string VERSION ("0.0.6");