diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 120971ea47560..5eaf02cafc11e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+
+## [5.6.0] - 2017-10-11
 ### Added
 - Adds `changes` (diff) hover annotation support to both the `gutter` and `hover` file blame annotations
 - Adds `gitlens.annotations.file.gutter.hover.changes` setting to specify whether or not to provide a changes (diff) hover annotation over the gutter blame annotations
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a472b39593b02..eae2084f4d163 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "gitlens",
-    "version": "5.5.0",
+    "version": "5.6.0",
     "lockfileVersion": 1,
     "requires": true,
     "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c6378e82126ef..b5f00739c656b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "gitlens",
-    "version": "5.5.0",
+    "version": "5.6.0",
     "author": {
         "name": "Eric Amodio",
         "email": "eamodio@gmail.com"