diff --git a/builds/msvc/version.h b/builds/msvc/version.h
index 653fe74b..12c638d1 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/version.h
+++ b/builds/msvc/version.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "export.h"
 
-#define SODIUM_VERSION_STRING "1.0.5"
+#define SODIUM_VERSION_STRING "1.0.6"
 
 #define SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MAJOR 8
 #define SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR 0
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1d7e2ff0..a1636003 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.65])
-AC_INIT([libsodium],[1.0.5],
+AC_INIT([libsodium],[1.0.6],
   [https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/issues],
   [libsodium],
   [https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium])
diff --git a/msvc-scripts/process.bat b/msvc-scripts/process.bat
index 4aa10d83..50ff8db1 100755
--- a/msvc-scripts/process.bat
+++ b/msvc-scripts/process.bat
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@VERSION@/1.0.5/ < src\libsodium\include\sodium\version.h.in > tmp
+cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@VERSION@/1.0.6/ < src\libsodium\include\sodium\version.h.in > tmp
 cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MAJOR@/8/ < tmp > tmp2
 cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR@/0/ < tmp2 > src\libsodium\include\sodium\version.h
 del tmp tmp2