diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 1a69395828d..293b1921dec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ Change Log
 Unreleased
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 
+[3.11.6] - 2021-06-03
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Add logging for attempt status transitions caused by a time out or reattempt
+
 [3.11.5] - 2021-06-01
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * Fix a bug where we are to pass to vendor javascript a value in milliseconds, instead of just seconds
diff --git a/edx_proctoring/__init__.py b/edx_proctoring/__init__.py
index d059cdbfa56..6a1d46c023e 100644
--- a/edx_proctoring/__init__.py
+++ b/edx_proctoring/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 """
 
 # Be sure to update the version number in edx_proctoring/package.json
-__version__ = '3.11.5'
+__version__ = '3.11.6'
 
 default_app_config = 'edx_proctoring.apps.EdxProctoringConfig'  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
diff --git a/edx_proctoring/api.py b/edx_proctoring/api.py
index dbb757fb9dd..42bc3c1fff8 100644
--- a/edx_proctoring/api.py
+++ b/edx_proctoring/api.py
@@ -1121,6 +1121,15 @@ def update_attempt_status(attempt_id, to_status,
 
     user_trying_to_reattempt = is_reattempting_exam(from_status, to_status)
     if treat_timeout_as_submitted or user_trying_to_reattempt:
+        detail = 'the attempt was timed out' if treat_timeout_as_submitted else 'the user reattempted the exam'
+        log_msg = (
+            'Attempt status for exam_id={exam_id} for user_id={user_id} will not be updated to '
+            '"{to_status}" because {submitted_message}. Instead the attempt '
+            'status will be updated to "submitted"'.format(
+                exam_id=exam_id, user_id=user_id, to_status=to_status, submitted_message=detail
+            )
+        )
+        log.info(log_msg)
         to_status = ProctoredExamStudentAttemptStatus.submitted
 
     exam = get_exam_by_id(exam_id)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 925f791507b..1f2c23de08e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "@edx/edx-proctoring",
   "//": "Be sure to update the version number in edx_proctoring/__init__.py",
   "//": "Note that the version format is slightly different than that of the Python version when using prereleases.",
-  "version": "3.11.5",
+  "version": "3.11.6",
   "main": "edx_proctoring/static/index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "gulp test"