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"]