diff --git a/avocado/version.py b/avocado/version.py
index 2175b88d67bf1921689cf936e13020e290e23b1d..dfdd6641196bfd1b3f8f06f092ca7e36acbf65da 100755
--- a/avocado/version.py
+++ b/avocado/version.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ __all__ = ['MAJOR', 'MINOR', 'RELEASE', 'VERSION']
 
 
 MAJOR = 0
-MINOR = 4
+MINOR = 6
 RELEASE = 0
 
 VERSION = "%s.%s.%s" % (MAJOR, MINOR, RELEASE)