diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 981672d..5e62c1c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Oct 29, 2013 - v0.5.9  Fixed bad library load on linux as a result of 0.5.8
+
 Oct 29, 2013 - v0.5.8  Fixed unnecessary warnings when default locations for
     openjpeg libraries on mac do not specify the actual library.
 
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 0338c5a..b14af27 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ copyright = u'2013, John Evans'
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '0.5'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.5.8'
+release = '0.5.9'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/glymur/version.py b/glymur/version.py
index 0fb4b86..6116920 100644
--- a/glymur/version.py
+++ b/glymur/version.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from .lib import openjp2 as opj2
 
 # Do not change the format of this next line!  Doing so risks breaking
 # setup.py
-version = "0.5.8"
+version = "0.5.9"
 _sv = LooseVersion(version)
 version_tuple = _sv.version