diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d1e2cb639ec..9d69119b04b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
-## [UNRELEASED]
+## [6.0.0rc0] - 2024-11-27
 
 ### Added
 - Add `plotly[express]` extra for easily installing Plotly Express dependencies [[#4644](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py/pull/4644)]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a43646d9b7..570fa160102 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 ## Quickstart
 
-`pip install plotly==5.24.1`
+`pip install plotly==6.0.0rc0`
 
 ```python
 import plotly.express as px
@@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ Built on top of [plotly.js](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js), `plotly.py` is
 plotly.py may be installed using pip
 
 ```
-pip install plotly==5.24.1
+pip install plotly==6.0.0rc0
 ```
 
 or conda.
 
 ```
-conda install -c plotly plotly=5.24.1
+conda install -c plotly plotly=6.0.0rc0
 ```
 
 ### Jupyter Widget Support
diff --git a/packages/python/plotly/plotly/_widget_version.py b/packages/python/plotly/plotly/_widget_version.py
index 4b3419450bb..0ae6b50a68f 100644
--- a/packages/python/plotly/plotly/_widget_version.py
+++ b/packages/python/plotly/plotly/_widget_version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # for automated dev builds
 #
 # It is edited by hand prior to official releases
-__frontend_version__ = "^5.24.1"
+__frontend_version__ = "^6.0.0rc0"