diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 6c7da3615..7f4a53fbc 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Here's a screenshot of the toolbar in action:
 In addition to the built-in panels, a number of third-party panels are
 contributed by the community.
 
-The current stable version of the Debug Toolbar is 5.2.0. It works on
+The current stable version of the Debug Toolbar is 6.0.0. It works on
 Django ≥ 4.2.0.
 
 The Debug Toolbar has experimental support for `Django's asynchronous views
diff --git a/debug_toolbar/__init__.py b/debug_toolbar/__init__.py
index 770c5eeed..e97f29e1e 100644
--- a/debug_toolbar/__init__.py
+++ b/debug_toolbar/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # Do not use pkg_resources to find the version but set it here directly!
 # see issue #1446
-VERSION = "5.2.0"
+VERSION = "6.0.0"
 
 # Code that discovers files or modules in INSTALLED_APPS imports this module.
 urls = "debug_toolbar.urls", APP_NAME
diff --git a/docs/changes.rst b/docs/changes.rst
index 223c06db5..5c7c0844b 100644
--- a/docs/changes.rst
+++ b/docs/changes.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Change log
 ==========
 
-Pending
--------
+6.0.0 (2025-07-22)
+------------------
 
 * Added support for checking if pytest as the test runner when determining
   if tests are running.
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 6e67aac2e..656eb1ebc 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 copyright = copyright.format(datetime.date.today().year)
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = "5.2.0"
+release = "6.0.0"
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------