diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ Get the `CanvasRenderingContext2D`. Just in cave leinwand does not provide some
 Get the underlying `HTMLCanvasElement`.
 
 ## Release History
+* 2018-02-16   v0.6.0   implement getters and add more utility functions
 * 2018-02-09   v0.5.0   add more utility functions
 * 2016-07-12   v0.4.0   add `drawImage` method
 * 2015-12-05   v0.3.0   add more utility functions
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "leinwand",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.6.0",
   "description": "Method chaining for the canvas 2d api",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {