diff --git a/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml b/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml
index 8661fc67..c8698731 100644
--- a/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml
+++ b/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,72 @@
+- commits:
+    - subject: Update layers/meta-balena to 359a462dd4121c84f2cb0c17e93ac4c34fcc60cd
+      hash: 93127a3f45f961f5140ed67e99144d21de2d9fe1
+      body: Update layers/meta-balena
+      footer:
+        Changelog-entry: Update layers/meta-balena to 359a462dd4121c84f2cb0c17e93ac4c34fcc60cd
+        changelog-entry: Update layers/meta-balena to 359a462dd4121c84f2cb0c17e93ac4c34fcc60cd
+      author: Self-hosted Renovate Bot
+      nested:
+        - commits:
+            - subject: "common: remove module compression bbclass"
+              hash: fbb35d54e5833db8a05b37e6cbce4bf1ca6ec1b7
+              body: >
+                This class is no longer necessary, as the kernel is configured
+                to use
+
+                module compression and in-kernel decompression when available.
+              footer:
+                Change-type: patch
+                change-type: patch
+                Signed-off-by: Joseph Kogut <joseph@balena.io>
+                signed-off-by: Joseph Kogut <joseph@balena.io>
+              author: Joseph Kogut
+              nested: []
+            - subject: "kernel-balena: enable zstd module compression"
+              hash: 3aa66ff60a50af2fa21714223f390f09114dbb1d
+              body: >
+                Enable zstandard module compression in kernels > v5.13, as this
+                feature
+
+                was introduced in commit c3d7ef377eb25, first published in that
+                release.
+              footer:
+                Change-type: major
+                change-type: major
+                Signed-off-by: Joseph Kogut <joseph@balena.io>
+                signed-off-by: Joseph Kogut <joseph@balena.io>
+              author: Joseph Kogut
+              nested: []
+            - subject: "image-balena: support zst compressed modules"
+              hash: 77ce253c9593b0d25e94d72e295a71e484a3b55e
+              body: ""
+              footer:
+                Change-type: patch
+                change-type: patch
+                Signed-off-by: Joseph Kogut <joseph@balena.io>
+                signed-off-by: Joseph Kogut <joseph@balena.io>
+              author: Joseph Kogut
+              nested: []
+            - subject: "kmod: enable zstd"
+              hash: df352c7fcd132871842326023bf61f8da80d5a22
+              body: >
+                Enable zstd support for kmod to allow modprobe to load
+                compressed
+
+                modules.
+              footer:
+                Change-type: patch
+                change-type: patch
+                Signed-off-by: Joseph Kogut <joseph@balena.io>
+                signed-off-by: Joseph Kogut <joseph@balena.io>
+              author: Joseph Kogut
+              nested: []
+          version: meta-balena-6.0.0
+          title: ""
+          date: 2024-07-19T00:08:00.449Z
+  version: 6.0.0
+  title: ""
+  date: 2024-07-19T03:18:33.487Z
 - commits:
     - subject: Update layers/meta-balena to eefb5c821b33171a468cd30e4de51e710a36ae7d
       hash: 93e68641afb798d308fa91acfa79bdfa1d634de4
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 76abcc57..2b04093c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 # Change Log
 -----------
 
+# v6.0.0
+## (2024-07-19)
+
+
+<details>
+<summary> Update layers/meta-balena to 359a462dd4121c84f2cb0c17e93ac4c34fcc60cd [Self-hosted Renovate Bot] </summary>
+
+> ## meta-balena-6.0.0
+> ### (2024-07-19)
+> 
+> * common: remove module compression bbclass [Joseph Kogut]
+> * kernel-balena: enable zstd module compression [Joseph Kogut]
+> * image-balena: support zst compressed modules [Joseph Kogut]
+> * kmod: enable zstd [Joseph Kogut]
+> 
+
+</details>
+
 # v5.4.1
 ## (2024-07-18)
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 04edabda..f4965a31 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.4.1
\ No newline at end of file
+6.0.0
\ No newline at end of file