diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8b521e0e9..6d6f90891 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# 5.7.6
+
+XFTP agent:
+- treat XFTP handshake timeouts and network errors as temporary, to retry file operations.
+
 # 5.7.5
 
 SMP agent:
diff --git a/package.yaml b/package.yaml
index 0eaa36d79..8277c7ab1 100644
--- a/package.yaml
+++ b/package.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: simplexmq
-version: 5.7.5.0
+version: 5.7.6.0
 synopsis: SimpleXMQ message broker
 description: |
   This package includes <./docs/Simplex-Messaging-Server.html server>,
diff --git a/simplexmq.cabal b/simplexmq.cabal
index 2e7d7bb53..d7ccc0d1d 100644
--- a/simplexmq.cabal
+++ b/simplexmq.cabal
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cabal-version: 1.12
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           simplexmq
-version:        5.7.5.0
+version:        5.7.6.0
 synopsis:       SimpleXMQ message broker
 description:    This package includes <./docs/Simplex-Messaging-Server.html server>,
                 <./docs/Simplex-Messaging-Client.html client> and