diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index a9b7efa..a32bb89 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "packages/esix": "5.5.1"
+  "packages/esix": "5.6.0"
 }
diff --git a/packages/esix/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/esix/CHANGELOG.md
index 6d85470..b2983bf 100644
--- a/packages/esix/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/esix/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [5.6.0](https://github.com/Artmann/esix/compare/v5.5.1...v5.6.0) (2026-07-17)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add update() for bulk attribute updates ([#78](https://github.com/Artmann/esix/issues/78)) ([f90df2e](https://github.com/Artmann/esix/commit/f90df2e0b8fe5f1f7d4d882b87814321d3144bec)), closes [#44](https://github.com/Artmann/esix/issues/44)
+
 ## [5.5.1](https://github.com/Artmann/esix/compare/v5.5.0...v5.5.1) (2026-07-16)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/esix/package.json b/packages/esix/package.json
index 6968ed4..ae24386 100644
--- a/packages/esix/package.json
+++ b/packages/esix/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "esix",
-  "version": "5.5.1",
+  "version": "5.6.0",
   "description": "A really slick ORM for MongoDB.",
   "author": "Christoffer Artmann",
   "license": "MIT",