diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 397d6a39..56900304 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
 
 # ZSTD version
-VERSION = (1, 5, 5,)
+VERSION = (1, 5, 6,)
 VERSION_STR = ".".join([str(x) for x in VERSION])
 
 # Package version