diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 0f15372..0cbd250 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+Version 0.5.9 -- 2019/01/10
+---------------------------
+
+* Fix encoding issue on release 0.5.8 (#229)
+* Improve Polish localization (#228)
+
+
 Version 0.5.8 -- 2018/11/17
 ---------------------------
 
diff --git a/bin/num2words b/bin/num2words
index 18e70a3..7c9d595 100755
--- a/bin/num2words
+++ b/bin/num2words
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ import sys
 from docopt import docopt
 import num2words
 
-__version__ = "0.5.8"
+__version__ = "0.5.9"
 __license__ = "LGPL"