diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index bdb6d6b..3c3ecbd 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.0.59
+5.0.60
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 83cb47b..cc5d406 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ requires = [
 
 [project]
 name = "cloudmesh-common"
-version = "5.0.59"
+version = "5.0.60"
 description = "A set of useful APIs for cloudmesh"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"