diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4df364df94f86332e769422e07aee355b3caee27..eb14e3e498b7e63555363bb6b3e9ef6014de3f40 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ To utilize GitLab4J™ API in your Java project, simply add the following de
 ```java
 dependencies {
     ...
-    compile group: 'org.gitlab4j', name: 'gitlab4j-api', version: '5.5.0'
+    compile group: 'org.gitlab4j', name: 'gitlab4j-api', version: '5.6.0'
 }
 ```
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ dependencies {
 <dependency>
     <groupId>org.gitlab4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>gitlab4j-api</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ dependencies {
  Just add this line at the top of your script:
 
 ```java
-//DEPS org.gitlab4j:gitlab4j-api:5.5.0
+//DEPS org.gitlab4j:gitlab4j-api:5.6.0
 ```
 
 **Ivy and SBT**<br/>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 40176565defcd6392777d08fbb5fc0fa11053787..bb7c53008189a3b7db0f1602ab8b88b0d55a0de4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.gitlab4j</groupId>
 	<artifactId>gitlab4j-api</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
-	<version>5.5.0</version>
+	<version>5.6.0</version>
 	<name>GitLab4J-API - GitLab API Java Client</name>
 	<description>GitLab4J-API (gitlab4j-api) provides a full featured Java client library for working with GitLab repositories and servers via the GitLab REST API.</description>
 	<url>https://github.com/gitlab4j/gitlab4j-api</url>
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 		<url>git@github.com:gitlab4j/gitlab4j-api.git</url>
 		<connection>scm:git:git@github.com:gitlab4j/gitlab4j-api.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:gitlab4j/gitlab4j-api.git</developerConnection>
-		<tag>gitlab4j-api-5.5.0</tag>
+		<tag>gitlab4j-api-5.6.0</tag>
 	</scm>
 
 	<build>