diff --git a/doc/source/changes.rst b/doc/source/changes.rst
index d0623b5..b77de79 100644
--- a/doc/source/changes.rst
+++ b/doc/source/changes.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 Changelog
 #########
 
+******
+v6.0.0
+******
+
+- Dropped support 3.6 and 3.7
+- Declared support for Python 3.11 and 3.12
+
 ******
 v5.0.0
 ******
diff --git a/smmap/__init__.py b/smmap/__init__.py
index 6b1a44c..5f37eda 100644
--- a/smmap/__init__.py
+++ b/smmap/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 __author__ = "Sebastian Thiel"
 __contact__ = "byronimo@gmail.com"
 __homepage__ = "https://github.com/gitpython-developers/smmap"
-version_info = (5, 0, 0)
+version_info = (6, 0, 0)
 __version__ = '.'.join(str(i) for i in version_info)
 
 # make everything available in root package for convenience