diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ed5593d170f..37d7990f6ad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 6.0.0-alpha.1
+
+This release of Teleport introduces Database Access with PostgreSQL support.
+
+**Note:** This version is a pre-release and is not recommended for production usage.
+
+See [Database Access Preview](https://goteleport.com/teleport/docs/preview/database-access/) docs for more information.
+
 ## 5.1.0
 
 This release of Teleport adds a new feature.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d1cf834a566..ce1909217d9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #   Stable releases:   "1.0.0"
 #   Pre-releases:      "1.0.0-alpha.1", "1.0.0-beta.2", "1.0.0-rc.3"
 #   Master/dev branch: "1.0.0-dev"
-VERSION=6.0.0-dev
+VERSION=6.0.0-alpha.1
 
 DOCKER_IMAGE ?= quay.io/gravitational/teleport
 DOCKER_IMAGE_CI ?= quay.io/gravitational/teleport-ci
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 55ae0a276fd..8d9fc38c9cd 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 package teleport
 
 const (
-	Version = "6.0.0-dev"
+	Version = "6.0.0-alpha.1"
 )
 
 // Gitref variable is automatically set to the output of git-describe