diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b70d2a3ed..90583f981 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+### [0.5.6](https://github.com/oclif/core/compare/v0.5.5...v0.5.6) (2021-05-13)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* integrate ESM loading of commands & hooks ([#160](https://github.com/oclif/core/issues/160)) ([ff47444](https://github.com/oclif/core/commit/ff47444b549566e40015d33f29d2687b74a980f4))
+
 ### [0.5.5](https://github.com/oclif/core/compare/v0.5.4...v0.5.5) (2021-04-26)
 
 ### [0.5.4](https://github.com/oclif/core/compare/v0.5.3...v0.5.4) (2021-04-20)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 529bacf20..f0d1c1c02 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@oclif/core",
   "description": "base library for oclif CLIs",
-  "version": "0.5.5",
+  "version": "0.5.6",
   "author": "Jeff Dickey @jdxcode",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/oclif/core/issues",
   "dependencies": {