diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 0333ffd..76f5941 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 This file describes changes in the cvec package.
 
+2.5.6 (2016-11-08)
+  - Fix a bug reported by Jan De Beule which resulted in cvec incorrectly
+    converting certain GAP matrices to cvec matrices.
+
 2.5.5 (2016-03-08)
   - Maintenance release
 
diff --git a/PackageInfo.g b/PackageInfo.g
index 584cc17..139eea0 100644
--- a/PackageInfo.g
+++ b/PackageInfo.g
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ SetPackageInfo( rec(
 
 PackageName := "cvec",
 Subtitle := "Compact vectors over finite fields",
-Version := "2.5.5",
-Date := "08/03/2016", # dd/mm/yyyy format
+Version := "2.5.6",
+Date := "08/11/2016", # dd/mm/yyyy format
 
 ##  Information about authors and maintainers.
 Persons := [
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 160fe39..1b03fe6 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.5.5
\ No newline at end of file
+2.5.6
\ No newline at end of file