diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1cfbe014..93b6cccc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,19 +1,53 @@
-Spek 0.5 - Released 2010-06-26
-==============================
+Spek 0.6 - Released 2010-07-13
+==============================================================================
 
-Spek is an acoustic spectrum analyser written in Vala.
-It uses the GNOME platform: GLib, GTK+, Cairo and Pango
-as well as FFmpeg and FFTW libraries.
+Spek is an acoustic spectrum analyser written in Vala. It uses the GNOME
+platform: GLib, GTK+, Cairo and Pango as well as the FFmpeg libraries.
 
 Spek is available on GNU/Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.
 
-Find out more about Spek on its website: http://spek-project.org/
+Find out more about Spek on its website: http://www.spek-project.org/
 
-Version 0.5 brings the following features and fixes:
+New Features And Enhancements
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
- * Speed up spectral analysis by using the optimal number of frequency bands.
- * DTS files support.
- * Distribute Windows version as a ZIP archive in addition to the MSI installer.
- * Mac OS X installer.
- * Use Pango to render text.
- * Brand new icon.
+Spek 0.6 is part of beta 0.x releases, leading up to a stable 1.0 release
+later this year. Check Spek website for the roadmap.
+
+New features since 0.5:
+
+ * Switch from GStreamer to FFmpeg libraries for audio decoding. This
+   speeds up the overall analysis by a factor of 1.5 to 2.
+ * Decode audio and perform the analysis in separate threads. This makes
+   the analysis 1.3~1.8 times faster on multi-core systems (issue 11).
+ * Check for a new version once a week and notify when it becomes
+   available (issue 27)
+
+Enhancements:
+
+ * Windows installer branding (issue 32)
+ * Option to launch Spek when the Windows installer exits
+
+Bugfixes:
+
+ * Fix link activation on Windows (issue 31)
+ * Fix ALAC issues on OS X (issue 23)
+ * Re-run the analysis only if the window width has been changed
+ * Fix opening of files containing Unicode symbols in their name on Windows
+
+Sources / Packages
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Spek 0.6 tarball:
+   http://spek.googlecode.com/files/spek-0.6.tar.bz2
+
+ * Windows and Mac OS X binaries:
+   http://spek.googlecode.com/files/spek-0.6.msi
+   http://spek.googlecode.com/files/spek-0.6.zip
+   http://spek.googlecode.com/files/spek-0.6.dmg
+
+Dependencies
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ * GTK+ >= 2.18
+ * FFmpeg >= r18351
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 60064d04..ccf64c74 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # configure.ac
 
-AC_INIT([spek], [0.5])
+AC_INIT([spek], [0.6])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/spek.vala])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
diff --git a/web/index.html b/web/index.html
index 48f9816f..47d49869 100644
--- a/web/index.html
+++ b/web/index.html
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ <h2>Download</h2>
             <tr>
               <td><img src="logo-linux.png" width="48" height="48" alt="Linux"/></td>
               <td class="dld_link">
-                <a href="http://spek.googlecode.com/files/spek-0.5.tar.bz2">spek-0.5.tar.bz2</a> (147 KiB)
+                <a href="http://spek.googlecode.com/files/spek-0.6.tar.bz2">spek-0.6.tar.bz2</a> (198 KiB)
                 <br/>
                 <a href="http://code.google.com/p/spek/wiki/LinuxInstall">instructions</a>
               </td>
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ <h2>Download</h2>
             <tr>
               <td><img src="logo-windows.png" width="48" height="48" alt="Windows"/></td>
               <td class="dld_link">
-                <a href="http://spek.googlecode.com/files/spek-0.5.msi">spek-0.5.msi</a> (17.1 MiB)
+                <a href="http://spek.googlecode.com/files/spek-0.6.msi">spek-0.6.msi</a> (9.83 MiB)
                 <br/>
-                <a href="http://spek.googlecode.com/files/spek-0.5.zip">spek-0.5.zip</a> (16.6 MiB)
+                <a href="http://spek.googlecode.com/files/spek-0.6.zip">spek-0.6.zip</a> (9.16 MiB)
                 <br/>
                 <a href="http://code.google.com/p/spek/wiki/WindowsInstall">instructions</a>
               </td>
@@ -85,12 +85,11 @@ <h2>Screenshots</h2>
 
     <h2>News <a href="http://versia.com/category/spek/feed/atom/"><img src="feed-icon-14x14.png" alt="news feed"/></a></h2>
     <ul>
+      <li>2010-07-13: Spek 0.6 Released</li>
       <li>2010-07-04: <a href="http://versia.com/2010/07/04/gstreamer-ffmpeg-and-spek/">GStreamer, FFmpeg and Spek</a></li>
       <li>2010-06-26: <a href="http://versia.com/2010/06/27/spek-0-5-mac-os-x-port/">Spek 0.5 - Mac OS X port</a></li>
       <li>2010-05-21: <a href="http://versia.com/2010/05/21/spek-0-4-released/">Spek 0.4 Released</a></li>
       <li>2010-05-17: <a href="http://versia.com/2010/05/17/spek-0-3-released/">Spek 0.3 Released</a></li>
-      <li>2010-05-15: <a href="http://versia.com/2010/05/15/spek-windows/">Spek 0.2 - now works in Windows</a></li>
-      <li>2010-05-10: <a href="http://versia.com/2010/05/10/introducing-spek/">Introducing Spek</a></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>Roadmap</h2>
@@ -106,8 +105,8 @@ <h2>Roadmap</h2>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>Contribute</h2>
-    <p>Spek is free and open source software licensed under <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">GNU GPL v3</a>. The project is written in <a href="http://live.gnome.org/Vala">Vala</a>, the code is hosted on <a href="http://gitorious.org/spek">Gitorious</a>. Patches can be sent by email or as Gitorious merge requests.</p>
-    <p>Report bugs and request new features <a href="http://code.google.com/p/spek/issues/list">here</a>.</p>
+    <p>Spek is free and open source software licensed under <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">GNU GPL v3</a>. The project is written in C and <a href="http://live.gnome.org/Vala">Vala</a>, the code is hosted on <a href="http://gitorious.org/spek">Gitorious</a>. Patches can be sent as Gitorious merge requests or attached to a <a href="http://code.google.com/p/spek/issues/entry">new issue</a>.</p>
+    <p>Report bugs and request new features on the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/spek/issues/list">issue tracker</a>.</p>
 
     <h2>Feedback</h2>
     <p>Spek is maintained by <a href="http://versia.com">Alexander Kojevnikov</a>, you can contact him by <a href="mailto:&#97;l&#101;&#120;&#97;&#110;&#100;&#101;&#114;&#64;&#107;&#111;&#106;&#101;v&#110;i&#107;&#111;v.&#99;&#111;&#109;">email</a>.</p>
diff --git a/web/version b/web/version
index 2eb3c4fe..5a2a5806 100644
--- a/web/version
+++ b/web/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.5
+0.6
diff --git a/win/spek.wxs b/win/spek.wxs
index c8e644ff..0839f914 100644
--- a/win/spek.wxs
+++ b/win/spek.wxs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <?define ProductName = "Spek" ?>
 <?define Manufacturer = "Spek Project" ?>
-<?define ProductVersion = "0.5.0" ?>
+<?define ProductVersion = "0.6.0" ?>
 <?define UpgradeCode = "46D51DDF-5749-45E2-818B-1ACADF21C0D9" ?>
 <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
   <Product Id="*" Name="$(var.ProductName)" Language="0"