diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 20ae434..c2ad530 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
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 name = "polystore"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 description = "Framework-agnostic multi-backend storage abstraction for ML and scientific computing"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "zarr>=3.0.10",  # Reads Zarr 2 and 3 stores; output format is backend-owned
     "numcodecs>=0.14.0",
     "ome-zarr>=0.12.2",   # Required for OME-ZARR HCS compliance
-    "zmqruntime>=0.5.0,<0.6",
+    "zmqruntime>=0.6,<0.7",
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diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 9c535eb..f4e2c3e 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -2905,7 +2905,7 @@ wheels = [
 
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+version = "0.6.0"
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@@ -3046,7 +3046,7 @@ requires-dist = [
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