diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bb403028b..1f4c89251 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ set (CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 
 # set version of the project
 set(LIBYANG_MAJOR_VERSION 3)
-set(LIBYANG_MINOR_VERSION 5)
+set(LIBYANG_MINOR_VERSION 6)
 set(LIBYANG_MICRO_VERSION 0)
 set(LIBYANG_VERSION ${LIBYANG_MAJOR_VERSION}.${LIBYANG_MINOR_VERSION}.${LIBYANG_MICRO_VERSION})