diff --git a/Control/Monad/Trans/Except.hs b/Control/Monad/Trans/Except.hs
--- a/Control/Monad/Trans/Except.hs
+++ b/Control/Monad/Trans/Except.hs
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
 finallyE m closer = do
     res <- tryE m
     closer
-    either throwE pure res
+    either throwE return res
 {-# INLINE finallyE #-}
 
 -- | Lift a @callCC@ operation to the new monad.
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 -*-change-log-*-
 
+0.6.0.2 Ross Paterson <R.Paterson@city.ac.uk> Jul 2021
+	* Further backward compatability fix
+
 0.6.0.1 Ross Paterson <R.Paterson@city.ac.uk> Jul 2021
 	* Backward compatability fixes
 
diff --git a/transformers.cabal b/transformers.cabal
--- a/transformers.cabal
+++ b/transformers.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:         transformers
-version:      0.6.0.1
+version:      0.6.0.2
 license:      BSD3
 license-file: LICENSE
 author:       Andy Gill, Ross Paterson