diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index fd737e4e63dc3c923fee939ad62d715ae3749c75..b46b54042e853799bdef3da79801b164dd958810 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 void f_version(INT32 args)
 {
   pop_n_elems(args);
-  push_text("Pike v0.5b5");
+  push_text("Pike v0.5b6");
 }