diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aa07e3e6b..8df27d63d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ If you do not change the generated `yaml` files, it will use defaults. You can l
 
 * `CLUSTER_NAME`                 (defaults to `my-cluster`)
 * `CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT`  (defaults to `1`)
-* `KUBE_VIP_VERSION`             (defaults to `v0.4.2`)
+* `KUBE_VIP_VERSION`             (defaults to `v0.5.0`)
 * `NODE_OS`                      (defaults to `ubuntu_18_04`)
 * `POD_CIDR`                     (defaults to `192.168.0.0/16`)
 * `SERVICE_CIDR`                 (defaults to `172.26.0.0/16`)
diff --git a/clusterctl-settings.json b/clusterctl-settings.json
index 8367b97e5..3a2f24873 100644
--- a/clusterctl-settings.json
+++ b/clusterctl-settings.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "name": "infrastructure-packet",
     "config": {
       "componentsFile": "infrastructure-components.yaml",
-      "nextVersion": "v1.1.99"
+      "nextVersion": "v0.6.99"
     }
   }
   
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diff --git a/metadata.yaml b/metadata.yaml
index fc271eeca..3963433fe 100644
--- a/metadata.yaml
+++ b/metadata.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 apiVersion: clusterctl.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1alpha3
 kind: Metadata
 releaseSeries:
-- major: 1
-  minor: 1
+- major: 0
+  minor: 6
   contract: v1beta1
 - major: 0
   minor: 5
diff --git a/test/e2e/config/packet-ci-actions.yaml b/test/e2e/config/packet-ci-actions.yaml
index 4d608d33d..21895d0d4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/config/packet-ci-actions.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/config/packet-ci-actions.yaml
@@ -125,7 +125,18 @@ providers:
     - sourcePath: "../data/v1beta1/cluster-template-node-drain.yaml"
     - sourcePath: "../data/v1beta1/cluster-template-md-remediation.yaml"
     - sourcePath: "../data/v1beta1/cluster-template-kcp-remediation.yaml"
-  - name: v1.1.99 # next; use manifest from source files
+  - name: v0.6.0
+    value: "${MANIFEST_PATH:=..}/infrastructure-components.yaml"
+    type: "url"
+    contract: v1beta1
+    files:
+    - sourcePath: "${MANIFEST_PATH:=..}/metadata.yaml"
+    - sourcePath: "../data/v1beta1/cluster-template.yaml"
+    - sourcePath: "../data/v1beta1/cluster-template-kcp-scale-in.yaml"
+    - sourcePath: "../data/v1beta1/cluster-template-node-drain.yaml"
+    - sourcePath: "../data/v1beta1/cluster-template-md-remediation.yaml"
+    - sourcePath: "../data/v1beta1/cluster-template-kcp-remediation.yaml"
+  - name: v0.6.99 # next; use manifest from source files
     value: "${MANIFEST_PATH:=..}/infrastructure-components.yaml"
     type: "url"
     contract: v1beta1
diff --git a/test/e2e/config/packet-ci.yaml b/test/e2e/config/packet-ci.yaml
index 855b99e4b..307e12b60 100644
--- a/test/e2e/config/packet-ci.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/config/packet-ci.yaml
@@ -127,7 +127,20 @@ providers:
     - sourcePath: "../data/v1beta1/cluster-template-node-drain.yaml"
     - sourcePath: "../data/v1beta1/cluster-template-md-remediation.yaml"
     - sourcePath: "../data/v1beta1/cluster-template-kcp-remediation.yaml"
-  - name: v1.1.99 # next; use manifest from source files
+  - name: v0.6.0 #latest in the v1beta1 series
+    value: "../../../config/default"
+    replacements:
+    - old: "image: .*/cluster-api-provider-packet:.*"
+      new: "image: ${REGISTRY:=ghcr.io}/${IMAGE_NAME:=kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-packet}:${TAG:=e2e}"
+    contract: v1beta1
+    files:
+    - sourcePath: "../../../metadata.yaml"
+    - sourcePath: "../data/v1beta1/cluster-template.yaml"
+    - sourcePath: "../data/v1beta1/cluster-template-kcp-scale-in.yaml"
+    - sourcePath: "../data/v1beta1/cluster-template-node-drain.yaml"
+    - sourcePath: "../data/v1beta1/cluster-template-md-remediation.yaml"
+    - sourcePath: "../data/v1beta1/cluster-template-kcp-remediation.yaml"
+  - name: v0.6.99 # next; use manifest from source files
     value: "../../../config/default"
     replacements:
     - old: "image: .*/cluster-api-provider-packet:.*"