diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 0a0eb8c7..c355fae3 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
         </copy>
         <delete file="${build}/MANIFEST.MF"/>
         <manifest file="${build}/MANIFEST.MF">
-            <attribute name="Specification-Version" value="6.0.0-beta6-dev"/>
+            <attribute name="Specification-Version" value="6.0.0-beta6"/>
         </manifest>
 
         <jar jarfile="${dist}/lib/metviewer.jar" basedir="${build}" manifest="${build}/MANIFEST.MF">
diff --git a/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst b/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
index cc36f9a0..12180bdd 100644
--- a/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,23 @@ When applicable, release notes are followed by the GitHub issue number which
 describes the bugfix, enhancement, or new feature:
 https://github.com/dtcenter/METviewer/issues
 
+Version `v6.0.0-beta6 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METviewer>`_ release notes (20241018)
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  .. dropdown:: New Features
+
+
+  .. dropdown::  Enhancements
+
+git checkout -b feature_
+
+  .. dropdown:: Bugfixes
+
+
+  .. dropdown:: Internal
+
+
+
 Version `v6.0.0-beta5 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METviewer>`_ release notes (20240710)
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 98fb367b..e77424e5 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 
 project = 'METviewer'
 author = 'UCAR/NCAR'
-author_list = "Burek, T., T. Jensen, L. Goodrich, J. Prestopnik, L. Blank, and T. Fowler"
-version = "develop"
+author_list = "Burek, T., T. Jensen, I. Srivastava, M. Win-Gildenmeister, L. Goodrich, J. Prestopnik, L. Blank, and T. Fowler"
+version = "3.0.0-beta6"
 verinfo = version
 release = f'{version}'
 release_year = '2024'
-release_date = f'{release_year}-07-10'
+release_date = f'{release_year}-10-18'
 copyright = f'{release_year}, {author}'
 
 
diff --git a/docs/version b/docs/version
index 4ba6860f..8d447f3a 100644
--- a/docs/version
+++ b/docs/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.0.0-beta6-dev
+6.0.0-beta6
diff --git a/webapp/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp b/webapp/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp
index ea1dcd19..654cd420 100644
--- a/webapp/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp
+++ b/webapp/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
 <div id="header" style="overflow: visible; position: static ">
 
   <div class="toolbar ui-widget" id="toolbar ">
-    <div style="float: left; cursor: alias;font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;text-align: left;" >METviewer 6.0.0-beta5-dev
+    <div style="float: left; cursor: alias;font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;text-align: left;" >METviewer 6.0.0-beta6
       <span id="release" class="ui-icon ui-icon-info " style="float: right;margin-left: .4em;"></span>
       <br><a href="https://www.ucar.edu/accessibility" class="web-acc-st">Web Accessibility Statement</a>
     </div>