diff --git a/pungi.spec b/pungi.spec
index ecc159d0..78545b02 100644
--- a/pungi.spec
+++ b/pungi.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %{!?python_sitelib: %define python_sitelib %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
 
 Name:           pungi
-Version:        3.05
+Version:        3.06
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Distribution compose tool
 
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 /var/cache/pungi
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jul 14 2014 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> - 3.06-1
+- allow the base work directory to be configurable
+
 * Tue Jul 08 2014 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> - 3.05-1
 - Don't emit media labels with spaces in them. (pjones)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bccbfa9a..a4274051 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from distutils.core import setup
 import glob
 
 setup(name='pungi',
-      version='3.05', # make sure src/bin/pungi.py is updated to match
+      version='3.06', # make sure src/bin/pungi.py is updated to match
       description='Distribution compose tool',
       author='Dennis Gilmore',
       author_email='dgilmore@fedoraproject.org',
diff --git a/src/bin/pungi.py b/src/bin/pungi.py
index 51e659b5..6cb3103b 100755
--- a/src/bin/pungi.py
+++ b/src/bin/pungi.py
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     today = time.strftime('%Y%m%d', time.localtime())
 
     def get_arguments(config):
-        parser = OptionParser("%prog [--help] [options]", version="%prog 3.05")
+        parser = OptionParser("%prog [--help] [options]", version="%prog 3.06")
 
         def set_config(option, opt_str, value, parser, config):
             config.set('pungi', option.dest, value)