diff --git a/.github/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
index 94627ba..db6cca7 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{".":"5.4.0"}
+{".":"6.0.0"}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 5ca9eb3..7aa15bd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ Hetzner Cloud Ansible Collection Release Notes
 
 .. contents:: Topics
 
+v6.0.0
+======
+
+Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+--------------------------------
+
+- Drop support for Python 3.9
+- Drop support for ansible-core 2.17
+
 v5.4.0
 ======
 
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index 759fb3b..4ad189e 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -760,3 +760,12 @@ releases:
     fragments:
     - new-dns-api.yml
     release_date: '2025-10-07'
+  6.0.0:
+    changes:
+      breaking_changes:
+      - Drop support for Python 3.9
+      - Drop support for ansible-core 2.17
+    fragments:
+    - drop-ansible-core-2.17.yml
+    - drop-python-3.9.yml
+    release_date: '2025-10-28'
diff --git a/changelogs/dev-changelog.md b/changelogs/dev-changelog.md
index 75fe7f1..cb34100 100644
--- a/changelogs/dev-changelog.md
+++ b/changelogs/dev-changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [6.0.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/compare/5.4.0...6.0.0) (2025-10-28)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* drop support for ansible-core 2.17 ([#713](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/issues/713))
+* drop support for Python 3.9 ([#712](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/issues/712))
+
+### Features
+
+* drop support for ansible-core 2.17 ([#713](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/issues/713)) ([27d3250](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/commit/27d32506890792ceb1e8af112c82db4a8ae942f8))
+* drop support for Python 3.9 ([#712](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/issues/712)) ([7009617](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/commit/700961762f35678b049f7787c1aa66c324f100bb))
+
 ## [5.4.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/compare/5.3.1...5.4.0) (2025-10-07)
 
 
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/drop-ansible-core-2.17.yml b/changelogs/fragments/drop-ansible-core-2.17.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a67109d..0000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/drop-ansible-core-2.17.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-breaking_changes:
-  - Drop support for ansible-core 2.17
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/drop-python-3.9.yml b/changelogs/fragments/drop-python-3.9.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e1090a..0000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/drop-python-3.9.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-breaking_changes:
-  - Drop support for Python 3.9
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index a8de981..eaad561 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 namespace: hetzner
 name: hcloud
-version: 5.4.0
+version: 6.0.0
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - Hetzner Cloud (github.com/hetznercloud)
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/version.py b/plugins/module_utils/version.py
index 0b57ffd..f11f8c0 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/version.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-version = "5.4.0"  # x-release-please-version
+version = "6.0.0"  # x-release-please-version