diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index cb9348c..b60b65c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
 
   deploy:
     name: Deploy docs
-    if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/stable/0.5' }}
+    if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/stable/0.6' }}
     needs: build
     permissions:
       pages: write
diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index aebea99..857b1c7 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ pull_request_rules:
     actions:
       backport:
         branches:
-          - stable/0.5
+          - stable/0.6
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9ca5d9f..6c47eb2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "qiskit-addon-sqd"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "Classically postprocess noisy quantum samples to yield more accurate energy estimations"
 license = {file = "LICENSE.txt"}
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/depr-bs-mat-to-addr-169444fb9cb41808.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/0.6/depr-bs-mat-to-addr-169444fb9cb41808.yaml
similarity index 85%
rename from releasenotes/notes/depr-bs-mat-to-addr-169444fb9cb41808.yaml
rename to releasenotes/notes/0.6/depr-bs-mat-to-addr-169444fb9cb41808.yaml
index 912fe44..ab1d5f1 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/depr-bs-mat-to-addr-169444fb9cb41808.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/0.6/depr-bs-mat-to-addr-169444fb9cb41808.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ deprecations:
 
     .. code-block:: python
         
-        from qiskit_addon_sqd.fermion.bitstring_matrix_to_sorted_addresses
-        from qiskit_addon_sqd.fermion.bitstring_matrix_to_ci_strs
+        from qiskit_addon_sqd.fermion import (
+            bitstring_matrix_to_sorted_addresses,
+            bitstring_matrix_to_ci_strs,
+        )
 
         # DEPRECATED CODE
         bs_matrix = ...
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-addr-526f0c5bf681f739.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/0.6/deprecate-addr-526f0c5bf681f739.yaml
similarity index 90%
rename from releasenotes/notes/deprecate-addr-526f0c5bf681f739.yaml
rename to releasenotes/notes/0.6/deprecate-addr-526f0c5bf681f739.yaml
index 4ba5c4d..ce79542 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-addr-526f0c5bf681f739.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/0.6/deprecate-addr-526f0c5bf681f739.yaml
@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@ upgrade:
     To upgrade, change this code
 
     .. code-block:: python
-
-        from qiskit_addon_sqd.fermion import bitstring_matrix_to_sorted_addresses
-        from qiskit_addon_sqd.fermion import solve_fermion, optimize_orbitals
+        
+        # DEPRECATED CODE
+        from qiskit_addon_sqd.fermion import (
+            bitstring_matrix_to_sorted_addresses,
+            solve_fermion,
+            optimize_orbitals,
+        )
 
         bitstring_matrix = ...
         addresses = bitstring_matrix_to_sorted_addresses(bitstring_matrix, open_shell=open_shell)
@@ -27,10 +31,9 @@ upgrade:
                                       eri=eri,
                                   )
 
-    ...to this code
-
-    .. code-block:: python
+        ### SHOULD BECOME ###
 
+        # NEW CODE
         from qiskit_addon_sqd.fermion import solve_fermion, optimize_orbitals
 
         bitstring_matrix = ...
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/0.6/divzero-a6090f6555d1c716.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/0.6/divzero-a6090f6555d1c716.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f82d84f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/0.6/divzero-a6090f6555d1c716.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixed a bug in :func:`qiskit_addon_sqd.configuration_recovery.recover_configurations` which would sometimes cause a divide-by-zero error when calculating individual bit-flip probability.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/no-array2string-efb9b050ca6efc29.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/0.6/no-array2string-efb9b050ca6efc29.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from releasenotes/notes/no-array2string-efb9b050ca6efc29.yaml
rename to releasenotes/notes/0.6/no-array2string-efb9b050ca6efc29.yaml
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/divzero-a6090f6555d1c716.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/divzero-a6090f6555d1c716.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b58cd5e..0000000
--- a/releasenotes/notes/divzero-a6090f6555d1c716.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-fixes:
-  - |
-    Fixed a bug in :func:`qiskit_addon_sqd.configuration_recover.recover_configurations` which would sometimes cause a divide-by-zero error when calculating individual bit-flip probability.