diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9119407..14bf451 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@
 /libopenmpt-0.5.13+release.autotools.tar.gz
 /libopenmpt-0.5.14+release.autotools.tar.gz
 /libopenmpt-0.5.15+release.autotools.tar.gz
+/libopenmpt-0.6.0+release.autotools.tar.gz
diff --git a/libopenmpt.spec b/libopenmpt.spec
index a1f2a15..be1a717 100644
--- a/libopenmpt.spec
+++ b/libopenmpt.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: libopenmpt
-Version: 0.5.15
+Version: 0.6.0
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 
 %global tar_root %{name}-%{version}+release.autotools
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ chrpath --delete ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_bindir}/openmpt123
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Dec 23 2021 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@fedoraproject.org> - 0.6.0-1
+- upgrade to 0.6.0 (new stable release branch)
+
 * Thu Dec 23 2021 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@fedoraproject.org> - 0.5.15-1
 - update to 0.5.15 (security release)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index cb29386..5d4ee6d 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (libopenmpt-0.5.15+release.autotools.tar.gz) = c02ca11d2dd4529695fa3eafa18752464a1806c0b5fa9a27db4532891ebe7377bc2f31796d14d6e88fbebbbd6db71ffbb34a6b1272da8e63eb52c6fce308d894
+SHA512 (libopenmpt-0.6.0+release.autotools.tar.gz) = 8da6cf1f2dbf683c32f45cbf884784360cced5e21f9862c96a1a679bd90b36be9a7cc59accbf82271a804722986cb81e75915f6564aeaaa248ed3e967dfdfb1a