diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3cddb90ce..c072f398a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,18 @@ This project follows the [Gitflow Workflow model](https://www.atlassian.com/git/
 ## [Unreleased]
 The Unreleased section will be empty for tagged releases. Unreleased functionality appears in the develop branch.
 
+## [5.6.2] - 2017-09-29
+- Known Bugs
+  - [\#48] Message sizes exceeding 2GB may not work correctly
+- Fixed
+  - Bug in MPI-PT comex_malloc().
+  - Revert ARMCI contiguous check due to regression.
+  - ELPA updates.
+  - ScaLAPACK updates, including case for large matrices.
+  - ComEx OFI updates from Intel.
+  - Improved configure tests for LAPACK.
+  - Improved travis tests.
+
 ## [5.6.1] - 2017-05-26
 - Known Bugs
   - [\#48] Message sizes exceeding 2GB may not work correctly
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 944edf2ef..a02c93e44 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ AC_SUBST([PACKAGE_VERSION])
 #
 # ga version 5.6.0: 1:0:0 (ABI version 1)
 # ga version 5.6.1: 1:1:0 (ABI version 1)
+# ga version 5.6.2: 1:2:0 (ABI version 1)
 #
 # libga -version-info current:revision:age
-LTVER="1:1:0"
+LTVER="1:2:0"
 AC_SUBST([LTVER])
 
 ###############################################################################
diff --git a/global/src/gacommon.h b/global/src/gacommon.h
index 36640276d..224dfcded 100644
--- a/global/src/gacommon.h
+++ b/global/src/gacommon.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #define GA_VERSION_MAJOR 5
 #define GA_VERSION_MINOR 6
-#define GA_VERSION_PATCH 1
+#define GA_VERSION_PATCH 2
 
 #define C_CHAR     MT_C_CHAR
 #define C_DBL      MT_C_DBL