diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d06bca2b2f85..339ea11d638b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,19 @@
 ## Current develop
 
 ### Added (new features/APIs/variables/...)
-- [[PR 558]](https://github.com/lanl/parthenon/pull/558) Boundary bugfix(es) incl. regression tests and exposing FluxDiv_ interface
+
+### Changed (changing behavior/API/variables/...)
+
+### Fixed (not changing behavior/API/variables/...)
+
+### Infrastructure (changes irrelevant to downstream codes)
+
+### Removed (removing behavior/API/varaibles/...)
+
+## Release 0.6.0
+Date: 09/22/2021
+
+### Added (new features/APIs/variables/...)
 - [[PR 563]](https://github.com/lanl/parthenon/pull/563) Physical boundary options for particles
 - [[PR 582]](https://github.com/lanl/parthenon/pull/582) Adding global reductions and basic functionality needed for solvers.
 - [[PR 556]](https://github.com/lanl/parthenon/pull/556) Introduce iterative tasks and regionally dependent tasks
@@ -19,6 +31,7 @@
 - [[PR 404]](https://github.com/lanl/parthenon/pull/404) Add capability to communicate particles across meshblocks/MPI processes
 
 ### Changed (changing behavior/API/variables/...)
+- [[PR 558]](https://github.com/lanl/parthenon/pull/558) Boundary bugfix(es) incl. regression tests and exposing FluxDiv_ interface
 - [[PR 583]](https://github.com/lanl/parthenon/pull/583) Fix file numbering logic for writing outputs after restarting a simulation.
 - [[PR 581]](https://github.com/lanl/parthenon/pull/581) Change return status of `ArgParse` so that `complete` is returned when passing in the help flag.
 - [[PR 580]](https://github.com/lanl/parthenon/pull/580) Hid variable/meshblock pack keys from public API, added unit tests for `MeshBlockData`.
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index eb0b6b058722..641c9a21358b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 # Imports machine-specific configuration
 include(cmake/MachineCfg.cmake)
 
-project(parthenon VERSION 0.5.0 LANGUAGES C CXX)
+project(parthenon VERSION 0.6.0 LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 if (${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.19.0)
   cmake_policy(SET CMP0110 NEW)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d461f07225dd..cfe88b671231 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Parthenon performance portable AMR framework
 
 ## Required
 
-* CMake 3.12 or greater
+* CMake 3.16 or greater
 * C++14 compatible compiler
 * Kokkos 3.0 or greater