diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4573951c2e..79a51ea971 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+### v0.60.0
+###### Features
+- Move null checks from the parsing engine into rules (pull #[2242](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/pull/2242))
+- Add rule [E4002](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-python-lint/blob/main/docs/rules.md#E4002) to validate metadata config (pull #[2242](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/pull/2242))
+- Update rule [E2001](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-python-lint/blob/main/docs/rules.md#E2001) to error on null values (pull #[2242](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/pull/2242))
+- Update rule [E3012](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-python-lint/blob/main/docs/rules.md#E3012) to validate for null values in properties (pull #[2242](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/pull/2242))
+###### CloudFormation Specifications
+- Update CloudFormation specs to `69.0.0` (pull #[2261](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/pull/2261))
+
 ### v0.59.1
 ###### CloudFormation Specifications
 - Update CloudFormation specs to `66.1.0` (pull #[2255](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/pull/2255))
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index da166d2070..17b56e235f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ If you'd like cfn-lint to be run automatically when making changes to files in y
 ```yaml
 repos:
 - repo: https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-python-lint
-  rev: v0.59.1  # The version of cfn-lint to use
+  rev: v0.60.0  # The version of cfn-lint to use
   hooks:
     - id: cfn-python-lint
       files: path/to/cfn/dir/.*\.(json|yml|yaml)$
diff --git a/src/cfnlint/version.py b/src/cfnlint/version.py
index d6bcfa511f..49e979bae8 100644
--- a/src/cfnlint/version.py
+++ b/src/cfnlint/version.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
 """
 
-__version__ = '0.59.1'
+__version__ = '0.60.0'