diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index fb3ad80..db2fafe 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # Note that these variables cannot be structured (e.g. : version.release or version.snapshot etc... )
 # because they are used in Jenkins, whose plug-in doesn't support
 
-major=5
+major=6
 minor=0
 patch=0