diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fb44daa4..b3e95470 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
 # Change log
 
 ###############################################################################
+## Version Release 1.5.6 (2024/02/06)
+
+#### Bugs Fixed
+
+* [Issue 1382](https://github.com/TooTallNate/Java-WebSocket/issues/1382) - WebSocketClient.upgradeSocketToSSL is enforcing TLS 1.2 ([PR 1387](https://github.com/TooTallNate/Java-WebSocket/pull/1387))
+* [PR 1387](https://github.com/TooTallNate/Java-WebSocket/pull/1387) - Retrieve default SSL socket factory
+
+#### New Features
+
+* [Issue 1390](https://github.com/TooTallNate/Java-WebSocket/issues/1390) - Thread created by NamedThreadFactory should be a daemon ([PR 1391](https://github.com/TooTallNate/Java-WebSocket/pull/1391))
+* [PR 1391](https://github.com/TooTallNate/Java-WebSocket/pull/1391) - Provide way to start the client/server as daemons
+
+In this release 2 issues and 2 pull requests were closed.
+
+###############################################################################
+
 ## Version Release 1.5.5 (2023/12/18)
 
 #### Bugs Fixed
diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 152facd1..01449f38 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ To use maven add this dependency to your pom.xml:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.java-websocket</groupId>
   <artifactId>Java-WebSocket</artifactId>
-  <version>1.5.4</version>
+  <version>1.5.6</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ mavenCentral()
 ```
 Then you can just add the latest version to your build.
 ```xml
-compile "org.java-websocket:Java-WebSocket:1.5.4"
+compile "org.java-websocket:Java-WebSocket:1.5.6"
 ```
 Or this option if you use gradle 7.0 and above.
 ```xml
-implementation 'org.java-websocket:Java-WebSocket:1.5.4'
+implementation 'org.java-websocket:Java-WebSocket:1.5.6'
 ```
 
 #### Logging
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 5138b1a7..0359cddf 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 group = 'org.java-websocket'
-version = '1.5.6-SNAPSHOT'
+version = '1.5.6'
 sourceCompatibility = 1.7
 targetCompatibility = 1.7
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 74f29a16..148eefd2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <groupId>org.java-websocket</groupId>
     <artifactId>Java-WebSocket</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <version>1.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.6</version>
     <name>Java-WebSocket</name>
     <description>A barebones WebSocket client and server implementation written 100% in Java</description>
     <url>https://github.com/TooTallNate/Java-WebSocket</url>