diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 32ddbdd1..48b2d45a 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.6.0-alpha.2
+current_version = 0.6.0
 tag = True
 sign_tags = True
 tag_message = ethash {new_version}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 37f27703..d0dbcfd7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.6.0] — 2020-12-15
+
+ - Added: The ethash::keccak library received the optimized Keccak implementation
+   which uses BMI and BMI2 x86_64 extensions. This implementation is automatically
+   selected at startup provided the used extensions are available in the hardware.
+   [#162](https://github.com/chfast/ethash/pull/162)
+   [#168](https://github.com/chfast/ethash/pull/168)
+
 ## [0.5.2] — 2020-08-03
 
  - Fixed: Fix compilation with MSVC/C++17.
@@ -52,6 +60,7 @@
  - Added: Experimental support for [ProgPoW] [0.9.1][ProgPoW-changelog].
 
 
+[0.6.0]: https://github.com/chfast/ethash/releases/tag/v0.6.0
 [0.5.2]: https://github.com/chfast/ethash/releases/tag/v0.5.2
 [0.5.1]: https://github.com/chfast/ethash/releases/tag/v0.5.1
 [0.5.0]: https://github.com/chfast/ethash/releases/tag/v0.5.0
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a1c2fb7c..4c476a37 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ HunterGate(
 )
 
 project(ethash)
-set(PROJECT_VERSION 0.6.0-alpha.2)
+set(PROJECT_VERSION 0.6.0)
 
 cable_configure_compiler(NO_STACK_PROTECTION)
 if(CABLE_COMPILER_GNULIKE)
diff --git a/include/ethash/version.h b/include/ethash/version.h
index 8dc62a6e..4c3aa58c 100644
--- a/include/ethash/version.h
+++ b/include/ethash/version.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 /** The ethash library version. */
-#define ETHASH_VERSION "0.6.0-alpha.2"
+#define ETHASH_VERSION "0.6.0"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 namespace ethash
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c0ac81f5..c403840c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 setup(
     name='ethash',
-    version='0.6.0-alpha.2',
+    version='0.6.0',
     description=
     "C/C++ implementation of Ethash – the Ethereum Proof of Work algorithm",
     url='https://github.com/chfast/ethash',