diff --git a/c/mlrvers.h b/c/mlrvers.h
index 04cbe7949..fb11e8ad9 100644
--- a/c/mlrvers.h
+++ b/c/mlrvers.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #ifndef MLRVERS_H
 #define MLRVERS_H
 // Manually increment on updates to https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/releases
-#define MLR_VERSION "v5.6.1-dev"
+#define MLR_VERSION "v5.6.2"
 #endif // MLRVERS_H
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 73188d6f4..bb1b80eef 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for mlr 5.6.1.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for mlr 5.6.2.
 #
 #
 # Copyright (C) 1992-1996, 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -587,8 +587,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='mlr'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='mlr'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='5.6.1'
-PACKAGE_STRING='mlr 5.6.1'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='5.6.2'
+PACKAGE_STRING='mlr 5.6.2'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures mlr 5.6.1 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures mlr 5.6.2 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of mlr 5.6.1:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of mlr 5.6.2:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-mlr configure 5.6.1
+mlr configure 5.6.2
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1783,7 +1783,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by mlr $as_me 5.6.1, which was
+It was created by mlr $as_me 5.6.2, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -2650,7 +2650,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='mlr'
- VERSION='5.6.1'
+ VERSION='5.6.2'
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
@@ -12742,7 +12742,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by mlr $as_me 5.6.1, which was
+This file was extended by mlr $as_me 5.6.2, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -12812,7 +12812,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-mlr config.status 5.6.1
+mlr config.status 5.6.2
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8753c3371..794ba7aa5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
 # Manually increment on updates to https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/releases
-AC_INIT([mlr],[5.6.1-dev])
+AC_INIT([mlr],[5.6.2])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([c/mlrmain.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([autotools])
diff --git a/doc/mlr.1 b/doc/mlr.1
index d890d190f..ad2b22287 100644
--- a/doc/mlr.1
+++ b/doc/mlr.1
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 .\"     Title: mlr
 .\"    Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
 .\" Generator: ./mkman.rb
-.\"      Date: 2019-09-21
+.\"      Date: 2019-09-22
 .\"    Manual: \ \&
 .\"    Source: \ \&
 .\"  Language: English
 .\"
-.TH "MILLER" "1" "2019-09-21" "\ \&" "\ \&"
+.TH "MILLER" "1" "2019-09-22" "\ \&" "\ \&"
 .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
 .\" * Portability definitions
 .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ on integer-indexed fields: if the natural data structure for the latter is the
 array, then Miller's natural data structure is the insertion-ordered hash map.
 This encompasses a variety of data formats, including but not limited to the
 familiar CSV, TSV, and JSON.  (Miller can handle positionally-indexed data as
-a special case.) This manpage documents Miller v5.6.1-dev.
+a special case.) This manpage documents Miller v5.6.2.
 .SH "EXAMPLES"
 .sp
 
diff --git a/miller.spec b/miller.spec
index 523e193f6..3c4bad959 100644
--- a/miller.spec
+++ b/miller.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ make check
 %{_mandir}/man1/mlr.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Sep 21 2019 John Kerl <kerl.john.r@gmail.com> - 5.6.2-1
+- 5.6.2 release
+
 * Mon Sep 16 2019 John Kerl <kerl.john.r@gmail.com> - 5.6.1-1
 - 5.6.1 release