diff --git a/HDFCompass.1file.spec b/HDFCompass.1file.spec
index 4677e02..e772e3d 100644
--- a/HDFCompass.1file.spec
+++ b/HDFCompass.1file.spec
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ else:
 if not os.path.exists(icon_file):
     raise RuntimeError("invalid path to icon: %s" % icon_file)
 
-version = '0.6.0b3'
+version = '0.6.0b5'
 app_name = 'HDFCompass_' + version
 
 a = Analysis(['HDFCompass.py'],
diff --git a/HDFCompass.1folder.spec b/HDFCompass.1folder.spec
index c64c770..75a6cfd 100644
--- a/HDFCompass.1folder.spec
+++ b/HDFCompass.1folder.spec
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ else:
 if not os.path.exists(icon_file):
     raise RuntimeError("invalid path to icon: %s" % icon_file)
 
-version = '0.6.0b3'
+version = '0.6.0b5'
 app_name = 'HDFCompass_' + version
 
 a = Analysis(['HDFCompass.py'],
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index b8cc990..238b177 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '0.6'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.6.0b4'
+release = '0.6.0b5'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/hdf_compass/utils/__init__.py b/hdf_compass/utils/__init__.py
index 8450cc9..4707e90 100644
--- a/hdf_compass/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/hdf_compass/utils/__init__.py
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
 from .utils import is_darwin, is_win, is_linux, url2path, path2url, data_url
 
 
-__version__ = "0.6.0b4"
+__version__ = "0.6.0b5"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 6543e8c..304185d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.6.0b4
+current_version = 0.6.0b5
 files = setup.py hdf_compass/utils/__init__.py docs/conf.py HDFCompass.1file.spec
 
 [bdist_wheel]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1e6e662..90b5ddb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def txt_read(*paths):
 
 setup_args['name'] = 'hdf_compass'
 # The adopted versioning scheme follow PEP40
-setup_args['version'] = '0.6.0b4'
+setup_args['version'] = '0.6.0b5'
 setup_args['url'] = 'https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf-compass/'
 setup_args['license'] = 'BSD-like license'
 setup_args['author'] = 'HDFGroup'