diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index d6b034248097a808c7b81c5b5ce4fb17cc9a1ddd..5dd688f35b78019d405ed8223a94658258cff5a0 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 -*-change-log-*-
 
+0.5.6.2 Ross Paterson <R.Paterson@city.ac.uk> Feb 2019
+	* Further backward compatability fix
+
 0.5.6.1 Ross Paterson <R.Paterson@city.ac.uk> Feb 2019
 	* Backward compatability fix for MonadFix ListT instance
 
diff --git a/transformers.cabal b/transformers.cabal
index 4e9e4b99ec614ce30f3f874480d70b779757315a..945adda910fd568ba69f7b113c25a33f0672fc41 100644
--- a/transformers.cabal
+++ b/transformers.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:         transformers
-version:      0.5.6.1
+version:      0.5.6.2
 license:      BSD3
 license-file: LICENSE
 author:       Andy Gill, Ross Paterson