diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 7419d310f7..a301fdacfd 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+5.0.6
+
+
 5.0.5
  * Do not source cassandra-env.sh unnecessarily in nodetool and other tooling (CASSANDRA-20745)
  * Make source distribution buildable by ant artifacts as doc/scripts/process-native-protocol-specs-in-docker.sh was not executable (CASSANDRA-20802)
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 6f693b3ea3..8b2a067c65 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <property name="debuglevel" value="source,lines,vars"/>
 
     <!-- default version and SCM information -->
-    <property name="base.version" value="5.0.5"/>
+    <property name="base.version" value="5.0.6"/>
     <property name="scm.connection" value="scm:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.developerConnection" value="scm:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.url" value="https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git"/>