diff --git a/src/urllib3/_version.py b/src/urllib3/_version.py
index c96419055d..2d0d430896 100644
--- a/src/urllib3/_version.py
+++ b/src/urllib3/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # This file is protected via CODEOWNERS
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-__version__ = "2.0.5"
+__version__ = "2.0.6"