diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a06f3f4..b79eb2e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 set( major_version "2" )		# should be automatically populated from git tag later, but until CI process sets a tag we use this
 set( minor_version "3" )
-set( patch_level "5" )
+set( patch_level "6" )
 
 set( install_root "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}" )
 set( install_inc "include/ricxfcpp" )