diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 83989a8..0d4bb71 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  - Updates `kotlincrypto.sponges` to `0.3.2`
  - Adds benchmarking to repository [[#69]][69]
      - Benchmark comparisons using `core` and `sponges` performance 
-       improvements can be veiwed in [PR #70][70-comment]
+       improvements can be viewed in [PR #70][70-comment]
      - TL;DR huge gains for `sha3`
 
 ## Version 0.5.3 (2024-08-31)
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 2ab6668..46067b3 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ POM_DEVELOPER_ID=KotlinCrypto
 POM_DEVELOPER_NAME=Kotlin Crypto
 POM_DEVELOPER_URL=https://github.com/KotlinCrypto/
 
-VERSION_NAME=0.5.4
+VERSION_NAME=0.6.0-SNAPSHOT
 # 0.1.0-alpha01 = 00 01 00 11
 # 0.1.0-beta01  = 00 01 00 21
 # 0.1.0-rc01    = 00 01 00 31
 # 0.1.0         = 00 01 00 99
 # 1.1.0         = 01 01 00 99
-VERSION_CODE=00050499
+VERSION_CODE=00060099