diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 9b325ee..488b714 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
     "packages/discv5": "11.0.4",
-    "packages/enr": "5.0.1"
+    "packages/enr": "5.0.1",
+    ".": "6.0.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91d8c35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [6.0.0](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/compare/v5.1.2...v6.0.0) (2025-12-09)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* Convert `buffer` usage to `Uint8Array` ([#306](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/306))
+* update libp2p deps ([#295](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/295))
+* remove broadcastTalkReq ([#282](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/282))
+* update dependencies ([#273](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/273))
+* add pluggable enr crypto interface ([#266](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/266))
+
+### Features
+
+* add pluggable enr crypto interface ([#266](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/266)) ([3475758](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/347575898d62443fb83f3cb263cd524b490b6282))
+* constrain usage of Buffer in enr package ([#286](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/286)) ([5351f87](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/5351f87ed7cd6cb28524359080fe516be544d1c1))
+* Convert `buffer` usage to `Uint8Array` ([#306](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/306)) ([1cdc424](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/1cdc424bca9efa8c260276514460f42b2e2593dd))
+* create separate enr package ([#267](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/267)) ([2fa061b](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/2fa061bded9bdc5a2383b02db42cb08f8330ac00))
+* **enr:** add quic support ([#293](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/293)) ([31d54c9](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/31d54c92466b4623c871b7eb3e1b41ea7af5e34d))
+* remove broadcastTalkReq ([#282](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/282)) ([1b70558](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/1b70558163bd48d7063a227c9816c74fc76247d7))
+* replace bcrypto ([#302](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/302)) ([e6af632](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/e6af632b6ee268fb1d6d41395faf1261a4794f1f))
+* type safe metric labels ([#278](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/278)) ([acb4792](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/acb479222617f72aae1e9fc35e943eecc5b0ca06))
+* update libp2p deps ([#295](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/295)) ([ead057d](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/ead057d4a56b05003f4e683db669f18b84a5e2f7))
+* use ethereum-cryptography for enr crypto ([#285](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/285)) ([50cee57](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/50cee57f90a88307463b90c68f4800b6d7cb793f))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* @libp2p/crypto publicKey creation ([#297](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/297)) ([992fc70](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/992fc70d2b91ecc9f0284f124b7035a8adca39b2))
+* allow dual stack to use the same port ([#316](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/316)) ([bba43cf](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/bba43cfbe4a2ec2f3643853101febb7ea3d1646e))
+* allow IPv4 and IPv6 to bind to the same port in dual-stack mode ([#318](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/318)) ([fe2e35e](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/fe2e35eb629a468c3cc986914e1f000b9b4f8691))
+* BigInt conversion bug ([#308](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/308)) ([585eece](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/585eecefb578d53edd2f288f32de18675ea589e5))
+* coerce Buffers in bcrypto crypto ([#275](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/275)) ([67971f7](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/67971f727270e7e616e140ea726c67ce889c218f))
+* delete the first connected index when remove last node from bucket ([#269](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/269)) ([70ab967](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/70ab96760ea205a60a7529666178e0db4c04baf4))
+* fix benchmarking ([#281](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/281)) ([da1461b](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/da1461b4ea586a3bdf084b950c949fc844b67468))
+* improve error handling ([#284](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/284)) ([594166c](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/594166c1f82e497cd1c2a630dfa5ba46e93d0990))
+* leading zeros stripped from request id ([#312](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/312)) ([c6a8739](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/c6a87395dd7b42cb39ffb68e0c570b63d1a80dab))
+* SessionService should send challenge even with active challenge ([#311](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/311)) ([62c1054](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/62c10546174844bc014ed7ead8a184aa39872f3c))
+* should not respond to oversized id ([#313](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/313)) ([a9dd2d4](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/a9dd2d4076743c64e78350972aa35ed784790e6c))
+* update dependencies ([#273](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/273)) ([f44d428](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/f44d428bdb39cf469d4d22ffef09a0958381a4c3))
+* update libp2p crypto ([#287](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/287)) ([d318cac](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/d318cac154c96348fe2e02bbecc668be390114b1))
+* update lockfile ([#288](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/issues/288)) ([ae750eb](https://github.com/ChainSafe/discv5/commit/ae750eb394bc5729cd32e4131fd6a0a9f511b8c2))
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 20b2747..482d12e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "discv5-monorepo",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "version": "6.0.0",
   "description": "Discovery V5 monorepo",
   "type": "module",
   "workspaces": [