diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index e2b3a697fc3f1819b43ab62b47ce8d34cbba54c7..6554442f855cc93e7d4a1bcbf55f0a1892ea8eb1 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 -*-change-log-*-
 
+0.5.6.0 Ross Paterson <R.Paterson@city.ac.uk> Feb 2019
+	* Generalized type of except
+	* Added Control.Monad.Trans.Writer.CPS and Control.Monad.Trans.RWS.CPS
+	* Added Contravariant instances
+	* Added MonadFix instance for ListT
+
 0.5.5.0 Ross Paterson <R.Paterson@city.ac.uk> Oct 2017
 	* Added mapSelect and mapSelectT
 	* Renamed selectToCont to selectToContT for consistency
diff --git a/transformers.cabal b/transformers.cabal
index 8f81854cd9464d7fcfe10473001f583f0ec4400c..c9dbf7f975c3c81ccca55b0e86a3f2851cfbc374 100644
--- a/transformers.cabal
+++ b/transformers.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:         transformers
-version:      0.5.5.0
+version:      0.5.6.0
 license:      BSD3
 license-file: LICENSE
 author:       Andy Gill, Ross Paterson