diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3048f37..502aa53 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "bs58",
-  "version": "5.0.0",
+  "version": "6.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "bs58",
-      "version": "5.0.0",
+      "version": "6.0.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "base-x": "^5.0.0"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 17046df..bdc7d2a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bs58",
-  "version": "5.0.0",
+  "version": "6.0.0",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "Base 58 encoding / decoding",
   "keywords": [