diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 6554442f855cc93e7d4a1bcbf55f0a1892ea8eb1..d6b034248097a808c7b81c5b5ce4fb17cc9a1ddd 100644
--- a/changelog
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@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 -*-change-log-*-
 
+0.5.6.1 Ross Paterson <R.Paterson@city.ac.uk> Feb 2019
+	* Backward compatability fix for MonadFix ListT instance
+
 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
diff --git a/transformers.cabal b/transformers.cabal
index c9dbf7f975c3c81ccca55b0e86a3f2851cfbc374..4e9e4b99ec614ce30f3f874480d70b779757315a 100644
--- a/transformers.cabal
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:         transformers
-version:      0.5.6.0
+version:      0.5.6.1
 license:      BSD3
 license-file: LICENSE
 author:       Andy Gill, Ross Paterson