diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 37163e7b..9875481e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [6.0.0]
+
+- When booting CommaFeed for the first time, the default "admin" account is no longer created automatically. A setup wizard will guide you through the creation of an admin account
+- Default password complexity requirements have been lowered for local network deployments, where strict password rules are often unnecessary. The `commafeed.users.strict-password-policy` setting has been replaced by `commafeed.users.minimum-password-length` with a default value of `4` (#1916)
+- Email addresses are no longer required when creating users and when they update their profile. The `commafeed.users.email-address-required` setting has been added to restore the previous behavior (#1914)
+- Java 25+ is now required to build and run CommaFeed
+
 ## [5.12.1]
 
 - The favicon is now crispier (#1978)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 93b1ab81..930aa098 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ meaning that you will have to log back in after each restart of the application.
 All other Quarkus settings can be found [here](https://quarkus.io/guides/all-config).
 
 When started, the server will listen on http://localhost:8082.
-The default user is `admin` and the default password is `admin`.
 
 ### Updates
 
diff --git a/commafeed-client/pom.xml b/commafeed-client/pom.xml
index 72465882..533cc111 100644
--- a/commafeed-client/pom.xml
+++ b/commafeed-client/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.commafeed</groupId>
 		<artifactId>commafeed</artifactId>
-		<version>5.12.1</version>
+		<version>6.0.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>commafeed-client</artifactId>
 	<name>CommaFeed Client</name>
diff --git a/commafeed-server/pom.xml b/commafeed-server/pom.xml
index e4445c62..5e11c285 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/pom.xml
+++ b/commafeed-server/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.commafeed</groupId>
 		<artifactId>commafeed</artifactId>
-		<version>5.12.1</version>
+		<version>6.0.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>commafeed-server</artifactId>
 	<name>CommaFeed Server</name>
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.commafeed</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commafeed-client</artifactId>
-			<version>5.12.1</version>
+			<version>6.0.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- compile-time processors -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3e46ade5..958fe401 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>com.commafeed</groupId>
 	<artifactId>commafeed</artifactId>
-	<version>5.12.1</version>
+	<version>6.0.0</version>
 	<name>CommaFeed</name>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>