diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cf6fd6a921a7d9bcc34d74c5dc7315d3d59fb655..dfabc07c9c2ab0ea914f58e0d5e28e77bd761df3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ except ImportError:
     from distutils.command.build_py import build_py
 
 setup(name="pytools",
-      version="2013.5.5",
+      version="2013.5.6",
       description="A collection of tools for Python",
       long_description="""
       Pytools is a big bag of things that are "missing" from the Python standard