diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5ebcbc81f8bc6dacc65b7457b0d035ba0489ef37..428a5b9afd9e932adfc137659d1bb49b26e09b82 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>sc.fiji</groupId>
 	<artifactId>bigdataviewer_fiji</artifactId>
-	<version>5.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>6.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>BigDataViewer Fiji</name>
 	<description>Fiji plugins for starting BigDataViewer and exporting data.</description>