diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 1aaaff6a..0c2a3845 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "tket2-py": "0.5.1",
+    "tket2-py": "0.6.0",
     "tket2-eccs": "0.2.0",
     "tket2-exts": "0.2.0"
 }
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diff --git a/tket2-py/CHANGELOG.md b/tket2-py/CHANGELOG.md
index bffa6451..436b72d5 100644
--- a/tket2-py/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/tket2-py/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.6.0](https://github.com/CQCL/tket2/compare/tket2-py-v0.5.1...tket2-py-v0.6.0) (2024-12-16)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* all references to "hseries" including extension, modules and structs renamed to "qsystem"
+* hseries qalloc op replaced with fallible TryQalloc
+
+### Features
+
+* update measurement and alloc operations ([#702](https://github.com/CQCL/tket2/issues/702)) ([a7a0201](https://github.com/CQCL/tket2/commit/a7a020116f42bfeb89c356d08816a2f3ce1b5226))
+
+
+### Code Refactoring
+
+* rename hseries to qsystem ([#703](https://github.com/CQCL/tket2/issues/703)) ([1e90173](https://github.com/CQCL/tket2/commit/1e90173872e73c44a6321fe400ae6f2e4e115220))
+
 ## [0.5.1](https://github.com/CQCL/tket2/compare/tket2-py-v0.5.0...tket2-py-v0.5.1) (2024-11-29)
 
 
diff --git a/tket2-py/pyproject.toml b/tket2-py/pyproject.toml
index cbfef552..68ba58e7 100644
--- a/tket2-py/pyproject.toml
+++ b/tket2-py/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "tket2"
-version = "0.5.1"
+version = "0.6.0"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Quantinuum's TKET2 Quantum Compiler"
 license = { file = "LICENCE" }
diff --git a/tket2-py/tket2/__init__.py b/tket2-py/tket2/__init__.py
index 1b209947..daea65f4 100644
--- a/tket2-py/tket2/__init__.py
+++ b/tket2-py/tket2/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 
 # This is updated by our release-please workflow, triggered by this
 # annotation: x-release-please-version
-__version__ = "0.5.1"
+__version__ = "0.6.0"