diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4dcce8a..3c174aa 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-12-07 Verion 0.5.6
+    - Brown paper bag release, 0.5.5 tarball inadvertently included pyc files
+      and other artifacts from development
+
 2015-12-07 Version 0.5.5
     - Fix and test case for case insensitive subdomain matching.
     - Python3 compatibility fixes and test cases thanks to Diane Trout
diff --git a/README b/README
index f03a59f..962ef2a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ signing and verification.
 
 VERSION
 
-This is dkimpy 0.5.5.
+This is dkimpy 0.5.6.
 
 REQUIREMENTS
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 156a545..f0086f6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 from distutils.core import setup
 import os
 
-version = "0.5.5"
+version = "0.5.6"
 
 setup(
     name = "dkimpy",