diff --git a/briar-desktop/build.gradle.kts b/briar-desktop/build.gradle.kts
index ad11ad3d11f95237a58706cabadd9e1143b96689..f6554ca88b0de312a548d85df998642159dfd832 100644
--- a/briar-desktop/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/briar-desktop/build.gradle.kts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ sourceSets {
     }
 }
 
-val versionCode = "0.5.0"
+val versionCode = "0.6.0"
 val buildType = if (project.hasProperty("buildType")) project.properties["buildType"] else "snapshot"
 group = "app.briar.desktop"
 version = "$versionCode-$buildType"
diff --git a/briar-desktop/src/appResources/linux/org.briarproject.Briar.metainfo.xml b/briar-desktop/src/appResources/linux/org.briarproject.Briar.metainfo.xml
index 1c6a8f5d2dd5c9513eb56e7168de9cd09e6846f3..0497957871fead9249859daff4db632b9ec1383f 100644
--- a/briar-desktop/src/appResources/linux/org.briarproject.Briar.metainfo.xml
+++ b/briar-desktop/src/appResources/linux/org.briarproject.Briar.metainfo.xml
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@
     </custom>
 
     <releases>
+        <release version="0.6.0-beta" date="2023-08-31">
+            <description>
+                <p>
+                    See the changelog for more information on this release.
+                </p>
+            </description>
+            <url>https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-desktop/-/wikis/Changelog#060-beta</url>
+        </release>
         <release version="0.5.0-beta" date="2023-06-28">
             <description>
                 <p>