diff --git a/lib/zstd.h b/lib/zstd.h
index 415474d01..97fef316f 100644
--- a/lib/zstd.h
+++ b/lib/zstd.h
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
 /*------   Version   ------*/
 #define ZSTD_VERSION_MAJOR    1
-#define ZSTD_VERSION_MINOR    5
-#define ZSTD_VERSION_RELEASE  8
+#define ZSTD_VERSION_MINOR    6
+#define ZSTD_VERSION_RELEASE  0
 #define ZSTD_VERSION_NUMBER  (ZSTD_VERSION_MAJOR *100*100 + ZSTD_VERSION_MINOR *100 + ZSTD_VERSION_RELEASE)
 
 /*! ZSTD_versionNumber() :