diff --git a/src/firely-net-sdk.props b/src/firely-net-sdk.props
index 596dd1df8..bd9cff4f5 100644
--- a/src/firely-net-sdk.props
+++ b/src/firely-net-sdk.props
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 	<!-- Solution-wide properties for NuGet packaging -->
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<VersionPrefix>5.10.4</VersionPrefix>
-		<VersionSuffix></VersionSuffix>
+		<VersionPrefix>6.0.0</VersionPrefix>
+		<VersionSuffix>alpha</VersionSuffix>
 		<Authors>Firely (info@fire.ly) and contributors</Authors>
 		<Company>Firely (https://fire.ly)</Company>
 		<Copyright>Copyright 2013-2024 Firely.  Contains materials (C) HL7 International</Copyright>