diff --git a/eppy/__init__.py b/eppy/__init__.py
index 6f127e9b..2fc36aba 100644
--- a/eppy/__init__.py
+++ b/eppy/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 __author__ = """Santosh Philip"""
 __email__ = "santosh@noemail.com"
-__version__ = "0.5.56"
+__version__ = "0.5.57"
 
 
 from io import StringIO
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c67a4633..af4c0698 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.5.56
+current_version = 0.5.57
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4aa88df3..43aa3d34 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def run_tests(self):
 
 setup(
     name="eppy",
-    version="0.5.56",
+    version="0.5.57",
     url="https://github.com/santoshphilip/eppy",
     license="MIT License",
     author="Santosh Philip",