diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index e8dc967..849c787 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.0.6
+
+CASSANDRA-16148: Add IInstance#getReleaseVersionString
+
 # 0.0.5
 
 CASSANDRA-16109: If user has not set nodeCount, use the node id topology size
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8380768..ea5e874 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra-in-jvm-dtest-api.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra-in-jvm-dtest-api.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra-in-jvm-dtest-api.git</url>
-      <tag>0.0.5</tag>
+      <tag>0.0.6</tag>
   </scm>
 </project>