diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 76df906e9..12724740d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ PROJECT(OpenSceneGraph)
 
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION 3)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION 3)
-SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 5)
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 6)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION 118)
 
 # set to 0 when not a release candidate, non zero means that any generated