diff --git a/components/esp_common/include/esp_idf_version.h b/components/esp_common/include/esp_idf_version.h
index 1ff604a0f6..b2f4d8b768 100644
--- a/components/esp_common/include/esp_idf_version.h
+++ b/components/esp_common/include/esp_idf_version.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ extern "C" {
 /** Minor version number (x.X.x) */
 #define ESP_IDF_VERSION_MINOR   4
 /** Patch version number (x.x.X) */
-#define ESP_IDF_VERSION_PATCH   5
+#define ESP_IDF_VERSION_PATCH   6
 
 /**
  * Macro to convert IDF version number into an integer
diff --git a/make/version.mk b/make/version.mk
index 6fca8cce43..68b8042e60 100644
--- a/make/version.mk
+++ b/make/version.mk
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 IDF_VERSION_MAJOR := 4
 IDF_VERSION_MINOR := 4
-IDF_VERSION_PATCH := 5
+IDF_VERSION_PATCH := 6
diff --git a/tools/cmake/version.cmake b/tools/cmake/version.cmake
index 9daf6c9800..e58b7b80ee 100644
--- a/tools/cmake/version.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmake/version.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 set(IDF_VERSION_MAJOR 4)
 set(IDF_VERSION_MINOR 4)
-set(IDF_VERSION_PATCH 5)
+set(IDF_VERSION_PATCH 6)
 
 set(ENV{IDF_VERSION} "${IDF_VERSION_MAJOR}.${IDF_VERSION_MINOR}.${IDF_VERSION_PATCH}")