diff --git a/lib/system.nim b/lib/system.nim
index caa036f379..a09f91cdd1 100644
--- a/lib/system.nim
+++ b/lib/system.nim
@@ -2121,11 +2121,11 @@ const
     ##   when (NimMajor, NimMinor, NimPatch) >= (1, 3, 1): discard
     # see also std/private/since
 
-  NimMinor* {.intdefine.}: int = 5
+  NimMinor* {.intdefine.}: int = 6
     ## is the minor number of Nim's version.
     ## Odd for devel, even for releases.
 
-  NimPatch* {.intdefine.}: int = 1
+  NimPatch* {.intdefine.}: int = 0
     ## is the patch number of Nim's version.
     ## Odd for devel, even for releases.