diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index fbe6ac7f..68c0dff8 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-    "packages/cli": "5.6.0",
-    "packages/builder": "5.5.0",
-    "packages/core": "5.5.0",
-    "packages/tar": "5.4.1"
+    "packages/cli": "6.0.0",
+    "packages/builder": "6.0.0",
+    "packages/core": "6.0.0",
+    "packages/tar": "6.0.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/builder/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/builder/CHANGELOG.md
index e69de29b..f15ade95 100644
--- a/packages/builder/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/builder/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [6.0.0](https://github.com/linz/cotar/compare/builder-v5.5.0...builder-v6.0.0) (2023-12-11)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* split cotar builder from @cotar/core ([#481](https://github.com/linz/cotar/issues/481))
+
+### Features
+
+* split cotar builder from @cotar/core ([#481](https://github.com/linz/cotar/issues/481)) ([b8b801d](https://github.com/linz/cotar/commit/b8b801dd360e4a3ec7a9964f0f63f2066a49403d))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* The following workspace dependencies were updated
+  * dependencies
+    * @cotar/core bumped from ^5.5.0 to ^6.0.0
diff --git a/packages/builder/package.json b/packages/builder/package.json
index a9e299f2..6a7ac7cb 100644
--- a/packages/builder/package.json
+++ b/packages/builder/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@cotar/builder",
-  "version": "5.5.0",
+  "version": "6.0.0",
   "main": "build/src/index.js",
   "types": "build/src/index.d.ts",
   "repository": {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   },
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@cotar/core": "^5.5.0",
+    "@cotar/core": "^6.0.0",
     "@sindresorhus/fnv1a": "^3.0.0",
     "binparse": "^2.0.1"
   },
diff --git a/packages/cli/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/cli/CHANGELOG.md
index 6c5343f5..089b6292 100644
--- a/packages/cli/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/cli/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,28 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 See [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [6.0.0](https://github.com/linz/cotar/compare/cli-v5.6.0...cli-v6.0.0) (2023-12-11)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* split cotar builder from @cotar/core ([#481](https://github.com/linz/cotar/issues/481))
+
+### Features
+
+* **cli:** allow validating external indexes ([#489](https://github.com/linz/cotar/issues/489)) ([46b7305](https://github.com/linz/cotar/commit/46b73054a7339e9651448623a46a6f3dcf545e7c))
+* split cotar builder from @cotar/core ([#481](https://github.com/linz/cotar/issues/481)) ([b8b801d](https://github.com/linz/cotar/commit/b8b801dd360e4a3ec7a9964f0f63f2066a49403d))
+* switch to node-next modules to catch missing ".js" extensions ([#428](https://github.com/linz/cotar/issues/428)) ([e598397](https://github.com/linz/cotar/commit/e598397742064eb539c9e73b43cefc6c925713fd))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* The following workspace dependencies were updated
+  * dependencies
+    * @cotar/core bumped from ^5.5.0 to ^6.0.0
+    * @cotar/builder bumped from ^5.5.0 to ^6.0.0
+    * @cotar/tar bumped from ^5.4.1 to ^6.0.0
+
 ## [5.6.0](https://github.com/linz/cotar/compare/cli-v5.5.0...cli-v5.6.0) (2022-11-16)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 925a40c1..12d0f093 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@cotar/cli",
-  "version": "5.6.0",
+  "version": "6.0.0",
   "main": "index.js",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@chunkd/fs": "^11.0.2",
     "@chunkd/source-file": "^11.0.0",
-    "@cotar/core": "^5.5.0",
-    "@cotar/builder": "^5.5.0",
-    "@cotar/tar": "^5.4.1",
+    "@cotar/core": "^6.0.0",
+    "@cotar/builder": "^6.0.0",
+    "@cotar/tar": "^6.0.0",
     "binparse": "^2.0.1",
     "cmd-ts": "^0.13.0",
     "pino": "^8.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
index 0e210bbd..b9d11119 100644
--- a/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -44,6 +44,26 @@ See [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org) for commit guideline
 
 
 
+## [6.0.0](https://github.com/linz/cotar/compare/core-v5.5.0...core-v6.0.0) (2023-12-11)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* split cotar builder from @cotar/core ([#481](https://github.com/linz/cotar/issues/481))
+* remove v1 index logic  ([#479](https://github.com/linz/cotar/issues/479))
+
+### Features
+
+* **core:** increase the default packing factor from 115% to 120% to reduce hash searches ([#367](https://github.com/linz/cotar/issues/367)) ([e34c9c3](https://github.com/linz/cotar/commit/e34c9c3464b0e4e46bbe5ef95ef5e12185b66d20))
+* remove v1 index logic  ([#479](https://github.com/linz/cotar/issues/479)) ([fbd3980](https://github.com/linz/cotar/commit/fbd39805f98f856c8b290370511558ba6cfe458d))
+* split cotar builder from @cotar/core ([#481](https://github.com/linz/cotar/issues/481)) ([b8b801d](https://github.com/linz/cotar/commit/b8b801dd360e4a3ec7a9964f0f63f2066a49403d))
+* switch to node-next modules to catch missing ".js" extensions ([#428](https://github.com/linz/cotar/issues/428)) ([e598397](https://github.com/linz/cotar/commit/e598397742064eb539c9e73b43cefc6c925713fd))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **core:** remove binparse from cotar reader  ([#478](https://github.com/linz/cotar/issues/478)) ([822f646](https://github.com/linz/cotar/commit/822f64664d91d3a6f9e548f72d8c99e5e05ceee1))
+
 ## [5.5.0](https://github.com/linz/cotar/compare/core-v5.4.0...core-v5.5.0) (2022-11-15)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 3e521e86..412e5ef5 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@cotar/core",
-  "version": "5.5.0",
+  "version": "6.0.0",
   "main": "build/src/index.js",
   "types": "build/src/index.d.ts",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/packages/tar/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/tar/CHANGELOG.md
index ef82bad9..de681b29 100644
--- a/packages/tar/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/tar/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 See [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [6.0.0](https://github.com/linz/cotar/compare/tar-v5.4.1...tar-v6.0.0) (2023-12-11)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* split cotar builder from @cotar/core ([#481](https://github.com/linz/cotar/issues/481))
+
+### Features
+
+* split cotar builder from @cotar/core ([#481](https://github.com/linz/cotar/issues/481)) ([b8b801d](https://github.com/linz/cotar/commit/b8b801dd360e4a3ec7a9964f0f63f2066a49403d))
+
 ## [5.4.1](https://github.com/linz/cotar/compare/v5.4.0...v5.4.1) (2022-07-07)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/tar/package.json b/packages/tar/package.json
index c74ac150..f52d86e2 100644
--- a/packages/tar/package.json
+++ b/packages/tar/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@cotar/tar",
-  "version": "5.4.1",
+  "version": "6.0.0",
   "main": "build/src/index.js",
   "types": "build/src/index.d.ts",
   "repository": {