diff --git a/build/BUILD b/build/BUILD
index 8c5b6164b6a..6966b707d39 100644
--- a/build/BUILD
+++ b/build/BUILD
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ grep ^STABLE_BUILD_SCM_REVISION bazel-out/stable-status.txt \
 genrule(
     name = "cni_package_version",
     outs = ["cni_version"],
-    cmd = "echo 0.5.1 >$@",
+    cmd = "echo 0.6.0 >$@",
 )
 
 release_filegroup(