diff --git a/geth/params/version.go b/geth/params/version.go
index e3aa57adc..f861e1ad8 100644
--- a/geth/params/version.go
+++ b/geth/params/version.go
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	VersionMajor = 0        // Major version component of the current release
-	VersionMinor = 9        // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 5        // Patch version component of the current release
-	VersionMeta  = "stable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
+	VersionMajor = 0          // Major version component of the current release
+	VersionMinor = 9          // Minor version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 6          // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionMeta  = "unstable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )
 
 // Version exposes string representation of program version.