diff --git a/make.paws/R/cran_category.R b/make.paws/R/cran_category.R
index 4370af4f6..12936e88b 100644
--- a/make.paws/R/cran_category.R
+++ b/make.paws/R/cran_category.R
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #' @include package.R service.R
 NULL
 
-.paws.common.import.version <- "paws.common (>= 0.5.9)"
+.paws.common.import.version <- "paws.common (>= 0.6.0)"
 
 # Make all category-level packages.
 make_categories <- function(sdk_dir, out_dir, categories, service_names) {
diff --git a/paws.common/DESCRIPTION b/paws.common/DESCRIPTION
index 64da9844f..079d70c4d 100644
--- a/paws.common/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/paws.common/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: paws.common
 Type: Package
 Title: Paws Low-Level Amazon Web Services API
-Version: 0.5.9
+Version: 0.6.0
 Authors@R: c(
         person("David", "Kretch", email = "david.kretch@gmail.com", role = "aut"),
         person("Adam", "Banker", email = "adam.banker39@gmail.com", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/paws.common/NEWS.md b/paws.common/NEWS.md
index a0f5b5007..0db1effd4 100644
--- a/paws.common/NEWS.md
+++ b/paws.common/NEWS.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# paws.common 0.5.9
+# paws.common 0.6.0
 * use known interface when parsing xml (@619) improving performance by 3-6x. Thanks to @mgirlich for raising, implementing initial method and testing.
 * add expiration parameter to creds
-* add signature_version to config
+* add signature_version to config (#645)
 * add the ability to paginate paws methods (#30)
 * overwrite file destination when writing to disk. This mimics python's boto3 sdk behaviour.
 * add standard retry handler (#520). Thanks to @wlandau for testing.