diff --git a/.github/scripts/version_script.bat b/.github/scripts/version_script.bat
index 44d23477a..d4ed2c272 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/version_script.bat
+++ b/.github/scripts/version_script.bat
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 @echo off
-set TENSORDICT_BUILD_VERSION=0.5.0
+set TENSORDICT_BUILD_VERSION=0.6.0
 echo TENSORDICT_BUILD_VERSION is set to %TENSORDICT_BUILD_VERSION%
diff --git a/.github/scripts/version_script.sh b/.github/scripts/version_script.sh
index cddc40035..a902c9ae3 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/version_script.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/version_script.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-export TENSORDICT_BUILD_VERSION=0.5.0
+export TENSORDICT_BUILD_VERSION=0.6.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/wheels-windows.yml
index 79ae4e979..deee1002b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels-windows.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
             python3 -mpip install wheel
-            TENSORDICT_BUILD_VERSION=0.5.0 python3 setup.py bdist_wheel
+            TENSORDICT_BUILD_VERSION=0.6.0 python3 setup.py bdist_wheel
       - name: Upload wheel for the test-wheel job
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c05e094f2..26f2a321f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ def _get_pytorch_version(is_nightly, is_local):
     # if "PYTORCH_VERSION" in os.environ:
     #     return f"torch=={os.environ['PYTORCH_VERSION']}"
     if is_nightly:
-        return "torch>=2.5.0.dev"
+        return "torch>=2.6.0.dev"
     if is_local:
         return "torch"
-    return "torch>=2.4.0"
+    return "torch>=2.5.0"
 
 
 def _get_packages():
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ def _main(argv):
         },
         zip_safe=False,
         classifiers=[
-            "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
             "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
             "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
             "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 8f0916f76..a918a2aa1 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.5.0
+0.6.0