diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index e0ce185fe8d1ace10257f4ab56d2380f4567cf98..f0300bd655a388897b565840d5bcc5db4790b247 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ android.useAndroidX=true
 android.nonTransitiveRClass=true
 GROUP=org.briarproject
 # POM_ARTIFACT_ID is set in the module's gradle.properties
-VERSION_NAME=0.0.5
+VERSION_NAME=0.0.6
 POM_NAME=Onion Wrapper
 POM_DESCRIPTION=A Java library providing a wrapper for running a Tor client.
 POM_INCEPTION_YEAR=2023