diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/APIs/tf.compat.v1.cs b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/APIs/tf.compat.v1.cs
index bef37843..982e7ccc 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/APIs/tf.compat.v1.cs
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/APIs/tf.compat.v1.cs
@@ -47,5 +47,14 @@ namespace Tensorflow
                 trainable: trainable,
                 collections: collections);
         }
+
+        public Operation global_variables_initializer()
+        {
+            var g = variables.global_variables();
+            return variables.variables_initializer(g.ToArray());
+        }
+
+        public Session Session()
+            => new Session().as_default();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/APIs/tf.variable.cs b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/APIs/tf.variable.cs
index c730e805..9ce864bd 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/APIs/tf.variable.cs
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/APIs/tf.variable.cs
@@ -37,10 +37,7 @@ namespace Tensorflow
             => variables.variables_initializer(var_list, name: name);
 
         public Operation global_variables_initializer()
-        {
-            var g = variables.global_variables();
-            return variables.variables_initializer(g.ToArray());
-        }
+            => tf.compat.v1.global_variables_initializer();
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns all variables created with `trainable=True`.
diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Tensorflow.Binding.csproj b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Tensorflow.Binding.csproj
index e68bf2f1..a471b877 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Tensorflow.Binding.csproj
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Tensorflow.Binding.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <AssemblyName>TensorFlow.NET</AssemblyName>
     <RootNamespace>Tensorflow</RootNamespace>
     <TargetTensorFlow>2.2.0</TargetTensorFlow>
-    <Version>0.60.5</Version>
+    <Version>0.60.6</Version>
     <LangVersion>9.0</LangVersion>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <Authors>Haiping Chen, Meinrad Recheis, Eli Belash</Authors>
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <Description>Google's TensorFlow full binding in .NET Standard.
 Building, training and infering deep learning models.
 https://tensorflownet.readthedocs.io</Description>
-    <AssemblyVersion>0.60.5.0</AssemblyVersion>
+    <AssemblyVersion>0.60.6.0</AssemblyVersion>
     <PackageReleaseNotes>tf.net 0.60.x and above are based on tensorflow native 2.6.0
 
 * Eager Mode is added finally.
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Keras API is a separate package released as TensorFlow.Keras.
 tf.net 0.4x.x aligns with TensorFlow v2.4.1 native library.
 tf.net 0.5x.x aligns with TensorFlow v2.5.x native library.
 tf.net 0.6x.x aligns with TensorFlow v2.6.x native library.</PackageReleaseNotes>
-    <FileVersion>0.60.5.0</FileVersion>
+    <FileVersion>0.60.6.0</FileVersion>
     <PackageLicenseFile>LICENSE</PackageLicenseFile>
     <PackageRequireLicenseAcceptance>true</PackageRequireLicenseAcceptance>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Variables/ResourceVariable.cs b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Variables/ResourceVariable.cs
index f4a8eb1f..b31960c7 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Variables/ResourceVariable.cs
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Variables/ResourceVariable.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 using Google.Protobuf;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Tensorflow.NumPy;
 using static Tensorflow.Binding;
 
 namespace Tensorflow
@@ -229,5 +230,10 @@ namespace Tensorflow
 
             throw new NotImplementedException("to_proto RefVariable");
         }
+
+        public NDArray eval(Session session = null)
+        {
+            return _graph_element.eval(session);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/tensorflow.cs b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/tensorflow.cs
index bea1e35b..a80b2007 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/tensorflow.cs
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/tensorflow.cs
@@ -93,9 +93,7 @@ namespace Tensorflow
             => ops.get_default_session();
 
         public Session Session()
-        {
-            return new Session().as_default();
-        }
+            => compat.v1.Session();
 
         public Session Session(Graph graph, ConfigProto config = null)
         {
diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Keras/Tensorflow.Keras.csproj b/src/TensorFlowNET.Keras/Tensorflow.Keras.csproj
index 8f718041..db68b385 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Keras/Tensorflow.Keras.csproj
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Keras/Tensorflow.Keras.csproj
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ Keras is an API designed for human beings, not machines. Keras follows best prac
     <RepositoryType>Git</RepositoryType>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>Open.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
-    <AssemblyVersion>0.6.5.0</AssemblyVersion>
-    <FileVersion>0.6.5.0</FileVersion>
+    <AssemblyVersion>0.6.6.0</AssemblyVersion>
+    <FileVersion>0.6.6.0</FileVersion>
     <PackageLicenseFile>LICENSE</PackageLicenseFile>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/test/TensorFlowNET.Graph.UnitTest/Basics/VariableTest.cs b/test/TensorFlowNET.Graph.UnitTest/Basics/VariableTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35525a1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/TensorFlowNET.Graph.UnitTest/Basics/VariableTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+using System.Linq;
+using Tensorflow;
+using static Tensorflow.Binding;
+
+namespace TensorFlowNET.UnitTest.Basics
+{
+    [TestClass]
+    public class VariableTest : GraphModeTestBase
+    {
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void InitVariable()
+        {
+            var v = tf.Variable(new[] { 1, 2 });
+            var init = tf.compat.v1.global_variables_initializer();
+
+            using var sess = tf.compat.v1.Session();
+            sess.run(init);
+            // Usage passing the session explicitly.
+            print(v.eval(sess));
+            // Usage with the default session.  The 'with' block
+            // above makes 'sess' the default session.
+            print(v.eval());
+        }
+    }
+}