diff --git a/project/Settings.scala b/project/Settings.scala
index 6767bf758..bac5fc2b2 100644
--- a/project/Settings.scala
+++ b/project/Settings.scala
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ import scala.sys.process.*
 object Settings extends Dependencies {
 
   // keep the SNAPSHOT version numerically higher than the latest release.
-  val majorVersion        = "5.0"
-  val nextSnapshotVersion = "5.1"
+  val majorVersion        = "6.0"
+  val nextSnapshotVersion = "6.1"
 
   val artifactVersion: String = {
     val maybeGithubRunId = sys.env.get("github_run_id")