diff --git a/bigchaindb/version.py b/bigchaindb/version.py
index 277f5645..b1761387 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/version.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/version.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 AND CC-BY-4.0)
 # Code is Apache-2.0 and docs are CC-BY-4.0
 
-__version__ = '2.0.0b5'
-__short_version__ = '2.0b5'
+__version__ = '2.0.0b6'
+__short_version__ = '2.0b6'
 # supported Tendermint version
 __tm_supported_versions__ = ["0.22.8"]
diff --git a/k8s/bigchaindb/bigchaindb-ss.yaml b/k8s/bigchaindb/bigchaindb-ss.yaml
index 1371f884..b6ada5a3 100644
--- a/k8s/bigchaindb/bigchaindb-ss.yaml
+++ b/k8s/bigchaindb/bigchaindb-ss.yaml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ spec:
           timeoutSeconds: 15
       # BigchainDB container
       - name: bigchaindb
-        image: bigchaindb/bigchaindb:2.0.0-beta5
+        image: bigchaindb/bigchaindb:2.0.0-beta6
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         args:
         - start
diff --git a/k8s/dev-setup/bigchaindb.yaml b/k8s/dev-setup/bigchaindb.yaml
index f1d19615..7a2fa34c 100644
--- a/k8s/dev-setup/bigchaindb.yaml
+++ b/k8s/dev-setup/bigchaindb.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 10
       containers:
       - name: bigchaindb
-        image: bigchaindb/bigchaindb:2.0.0-beta5
+        image: bigchaindb/bigchaindb:2.0.0-beta6
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         args:
         - start