diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b9029780..5f684d61 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,36 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.6.0](https://github.com/instantOS/instantWM/compare/v0.5.2...v0.6.0) - 2026-10-14
+
+### Added
+
+- add ins display binding and IPC helper
+
+### Changed
+
+- more explicit lid policy
+- separate requested output state from lid suppression
+
+### Fixed
+
+- avoid waiting for flips on unchanged DRM devices
+- enable hardware theme cursors and prioritize DRM rendering
+- abort DRM frames when render fence waits fail
+
+### Other
+
+- Merge branch 'main' of https://github.com/instantOS/instantWM
+- Fix Wayland layer stacking and focus above fullscreen windows
+- Keep Wayland bar cache ready across fullscreen transitions
+- Fix DRM output re-enable deadlock when opening laptop lid
+- Reconcile DRM hotplug with deterministic controller allocation
+- Force fresh DRM connector probes after hotplug
+- Support display-only DRM devices alongside the rendering GPU
+- Separate DRM runtime responsibilities into focused modules
+- bump stuff
+- bump
+
 ## [0.5.2](https://github.com/instantOS/instantWM/compare/v0.5.1...v0.5.2) - 2026-10-07
 
 ### Other
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 94bf6cce..51370ea8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@ checksum = "36eee07d8e02bd95bf52b2e642cf13d33701b94c6e4b04fbf1d1fb07e9cb19e7"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "instantwm"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bincode",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1cbf7c7b..d29a97a4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "instantwm"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.6.0"
 edition = "2024"
 description = "Hybrid tiling window manager for X11 and Wayland"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/packaging/arch-bin/PKGBUILD b/packaging/arch-bin/PKGBUILD
index b6815704..5b7b808e 100644
--- a/packaging/arch-bin/PKGBUILD
+++ b/packaging/arch-bin/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: instantOS <hello@instantos.io>
 pkgname=instantwm-bin
 _pkgname=instantwm
-pkgver=0.5.2
+pkgver=0.6.0
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="A tiling window manager for X11 and Wayland (prebuilt binary)"
 arch=('x86_64')
diff --git a/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD b/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD
index b4527224..9b79cb86 100644
--- a/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD
+++ b/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Maintainer: instantOS <hello@instantos.io>
 pkgname=instantwm
-pkgver=0.5.2
+pkgver=0.6.0
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="A tiling window manager for X11 and Wayland"
 arch=('x86_64')