diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e238a246..8e331c8c4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ is provided by code that been generated from a model of the service.
 
 ## Build from source
 ```
-git clone --branch v0.5.3 https://github.com/awslabs/aws-crt-cpp.git
+git clone --branch v0.6.0 https://github.com/awslabs/aws-crt-cpp.git
 git clone https://github.com/awslabs/aws-iot-device-sdk-cpp-v2.git
 mkdir aws-crt-cpp-build
 cd aws-crt-cpp-build
diff --git a/aws-common-runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/aws-common-runtime/CMakeLists.txt
index c946327e6..65e9db163 100644
--- a/aws-common-runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/aws-common-runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ set(AWS_DEPS_DOWNLOAD_DIR "${AWS_DEPS_BUILD_DIR}/downloads" CACHE PATH "Dependen
 message("install dir ${AWS_DEPS_INSTALL_DIR}")
 
 set(AWS_CRT_CPP_URL "https://github.com/awslabs/aws-crt-cpp.git")
-set(AWS_CRT_CPP_SHA "v0.5.4")
+set(AWS_CRT_CPP_SHA "v0.6.0")
 include(BuildAwsCrtCpp)