diff --git a/python/CHANGELOG.rst b/python/CHANGELOG.rst
index 167041725f..e715182163 100644
--- a/python/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/python/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 --------------------
-[0.5.7] - 2023-XX-XX
+[0.5.8] - 2024-XX-XX
 --------------------
 
-**Breaking Changes**
-
-- The VCF writing methods (`ts.write_vcf`, `ts.as_vcf`) now error if a site with
-  position zero is encountered. The VCF spec does not allow zero position sites.
-  Suppress this error with the `allow_position_zero` argument.
-  (:user:`benjeffery`, :pr:`2901`, :issue:`2838`)
-
 **Features**
 
 - Add ``TreeSequence.extend_edges`` method that extends ancestral haplotypes
@@ -18,6 +11,18 @@
 - Add ``Table.drop_metadata`` to make clearing metadata from tables easy.
   (:user:`jeromekelleher`, :pr:`2944`)
 
+
+--------------------
+[0.5.7] - 2024-06-17
+--------------------
+
+**Breaking Changes**
+
+- The VCF writing methods (`ts.write_vcf`, `ts.as_vcf`) now error if a site with
+  position zero is encountered. The VCF spec does not allow zero position sites.
+  Suppress this error with the `allow_position_zero` argument.
+  (:user:`benjeffery`, :pr:`2901`, :issue:`2838`)
+
 **Bugfixes**
 
 - Fix to the folded, expected allele frequency spectrum (i.e.,
diff --git a/python/tskit/_version.py b/python/tskit/_version.py
index 1444ddb3e7..80cdfcb3d3 100644
--- a/python/tskit/_version.py
+++ b/python/tskit/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Definitive location for the version number.
 # During development, should be x.y.z.devN
 # For beta should be x.y.zbN
-tskit_version = "0.5.7.dev0"
+tskit_version = "0.5.8.dev0"