diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ed1ca3e27b1c43e2c3095c361adebe2b8dcc300d..99c86bed6c0b1b532cd0235181d977a447bc9010 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Syncleus POM Changelog
 
+## v6
+
 ## v5
 
 * Removed some obsolete dependency excludes.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 560517a35ca4dc6b595abd601859caadec60b559..0b736456c91dec75bd13b9876a29308b33a0e47a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.syncleus</groupId>
     <artifactId>syncleus</artifactId>
-    <version>5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>6-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>Syncleus</name>