diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index b4bc8eaad8..6beadca962 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-### Changed
+## v6.0.0
+
+This release is not strictly speaking an API break from 5.1 but it does contain some
+major internal changes that users should be aware of when upgrading.
 
-This release is API compatible but contains a major internal change in the HTTP handling.
+### Changed
 
 * ngclient: urllib3 is used as the HTTP library by default instead of requests (#2762,
   #2773, #2789)
@@ -13,6 +16,8 @@ This release is API compatible but contains a major internal change in the HTTP
     the fetcher at Updater initialization and explicitly depending on requests
 * ngclient: TLS certificate source was changed. Certificates now come from operating
   system certificate store instead of `certifi` (#2762)
+* ngclient: The updater can now initialize from embedded initial root metadata every
+  time. Users are recommended to provide the `bootstrap` argument to Updater (#2767)
 * Test infrastructure has improved and should now be more usable externally, e.g. in
   distro test suites (#2749)
 
diff --git a/tuf/__init__.py b/tuf/__init__.py
index 4b25e51db8..187dcf3efb 100644
--- a/tuf/__init__.py
+++ b/tuf/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 """TUF."""
 
 # This value is used in the ngclient user agent.
-__version__ = "5.1.0"
+__version__ = "6.0.0"