diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3789663..fdbbe89 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - dependabot added. Documentation improved with mkdocstrings (#148)
 
+## v2.5.6 (2024-02-12)
+
+### Fix
+
+- bump fastavro to 1.9.3 and correct typing (#250)
+
 ## v2.5.5 (2024-02-09)
 
 ### Fix
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e2d62a5..33b4de7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "python-schema-registry-client"
-version = "2.5.5"
+version = "2.5.6"
 description = "Python Rest Client to interact against Schema Registry confluent server"
 authors = ["Marcos Schroh <schrohm@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT"
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ select = [
 convention = "google"
 
 [tool.commitizen]
-version = "2.5.5"
+version = "2.5.6"
 tag_format = "v$version"
 version_files = [
     "pyproject.toml:version",