diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b6e87bab282..f40845d2961 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [dependencies]
-rand_core = { path = "rand_core", version = "0.5.1" }
+rand_core = { path = "rand_core", version = "0.6.0" }
 log = { version = "0.4.4", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0.103", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 
diff --git a/rand_chacha/Cargo.toml b/rand_chacha/Cargo.toml
index 703cc86ac9b..66bb4210790 100644
--- a/rand_chacha/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rand_chacha/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ categories = ["algorithms", "no-std"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-rand_core = { path = "../rand_core", version = "0.5" }
+rand_core = { path = "../rand_core", version = "0.6.0" }
 ppv-lite86 = { version = "0.2.8", default-features = false, features = ["simd"] }
 
 [features]
diff --git a/rand_core/CHANGELOG.md b/rand_core/CHANGELOG.md
index a33247ddafe..63a8bb8f694 100644
--- a/rand_core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/rand_core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased]
-
+## [0.6.0] - 2020-12-08
+### Breaking changes
 - Bump MSRV to 1.36, various code improvements (#1011)
 - Update to getrandom v0.2 (#1041)
 - Fix: `next_u32_via_fill` and `next_u64_via_fill` now use LE as documented (#1061)
+
+### Other
 - Reduce usage of `unsafe` (#962, #963, #1011)
 - Annotate feature-gates in documentation (#1019)
 - Document available error codes (#1061)
diff --git a/rand_core/Cargo.toml b/rand_core/Cargo.toml
index 831562689dc..c383b312ab0 100644
--- a/rand_core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rand_core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rand_core"
-version = "0.5.1"
+version = "0.6.0"
 authors = ["The Rand Project Developers", "The Rust Project Developers"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/rand_core/README.md b/rand_core/README.md
index aaec728672c..d32dd6853d0 100644
--- a/rand_core/README.md
+++ b/rand_core/README.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ The traits and error types are also available via `rand`.
 
 The current version is:
 ```
-rand_core = "0.5.0"
+rand_core = "0.6.0"
 ```
 
 Rand libs have inter-dependencies and make use of the
diff --git a/rand_hc/Cargo.toml b/rand_hc/Cargo.toml
index 048f9aaa208..36c58294475 100644
--- a/rand_hc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rand_hc/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ categories = ["algorithms", "no-std"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-rand_core = { path = "../rand_core", version = "0.5" }
+rand_core = { path = "../rand_core", version = "0.6.0" }
diff --git a/rand_pcg/Cargo.toml b/rand_pcg/Cargo.toml
index 33e65c547dd..6fad7bb50a5 100644
--- a/rand_pcg/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rand_pcg/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 serde1 = ["serde"]
 
 [dependencies]
-rand_core = { path = "../rand_core", version = "0.5" }
+rand_core = { path = "../rand_core", version = "0.6.0" }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]