diff --git a/featomic-torch/CMakeLists.txt b/featomic-torch/CMakeLists.txt
index b6d70d3b1..e5ade3ebe 100644
--- a/featomic-torch/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/featomic-torch/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function(check_compatible_versions _dependency_ _actual_ _requested_)
 endfunction()
 
 
-set(REQUIRED_FEATOMIC_VERSION "0.0.0")
+set(REQUIRED_FEATOMIC_VERSION "0.6.0-rc1")
 if (NOT "$ENV{FEATOMIC_NO_LOCAL_DEPS}" STREQUAL "1")
     # If building a dev version, we also need to update the
     # REQUIRED_FEATOMIC_VERSION in the same way we update the
diff --git a/featomic/Cargo.toml b/featomic/Cargo.toml
index 40e46a2bf..1082460ea 100644
--- a/featomic/Cargo.toml
+++ b/featomic/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "featomic"
-version = "0.0.0"
+version = "0.6.0-rc1"
 authors = ["Guillaume Fraux <guillaume.fraux@epfl.ch>"]
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.74"
diff --git a/featomic/tests/cmake-project/CMakeLists.txt b/featomic/tests/cmake-project/CMakeLists.txt
index 4a935bd89..e4d8a0587 100644
--- a/featomic/tests/cmake-project/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/featomic/tests/cmake-project/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ project(featomic-test-cmake-project C CXX)
 # We need to update the REQUIRED_FEATOMIC_VERSION in the same way we update the
 # featomic version for dev builds
 include(../../cmake/dev-versions.cmake)
-set(REQUIRED_FEATOMIC_VERSION "0.0.0")
+set(REQUIRED_FEATOMIC_VERSION "0.6.0-rc1")
 create_development_version("${REQUIRED_FEATOMIC_VERSION}" FEATOMIC_FULL_VERSION "featomic-v")
 string(REGEX REPLACE "([0-9]*)\\.([0-9]*).*" "\\1.\\2" REQUIRED_FEATOMIC_VERSION ${FEATOMIC_FULL_VERSION})
 find_package(featomic ${REQUIRED_FEATOMIC_VERSION} REQUIRED)