diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 626c2ba91d9..6aafd15dacb 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 
 ## vNEXT
 
+## v0.5.6
+
+* Fix 0.5.5 regression: Minimongo selectors matching subdocuments under arrays
+  did not work correctly.
+
+* Some Bootstrap icons should have appeared white.
+
+Patches contributed by GitHub user benjaminchelli.
+
 ## v0.5.5
 
 * Deprecate `Meteor.autosubscribe`. `Meteor.subscribe` now works within
diff --git a/admin/debian/changelog b/admin/debian/changelog
index ef65b0aec6f..e60dea03530 100644
--- a/admin/debian/changelog
+++ b/admin/debian/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-meteor (0.5.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
+meteor (0.5.6-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Automated debian build.
 
diff --git a/admin/install-s3.sh b/admin/install-s3.sh
index 867b9f48f7b..09206f8fd01 100755
--- a/admin/install-s3.sh
+++ b/admin/install-s3.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ## example.
 
 URLBASE="https://d3sqy0vbqsdhku.cloudfront.net"
-VERSION="0.5.5"
+VERSION="0.5.6"
 PKGVERSION="${VERSION}-1"
 
 UNAME=`uname`
diff --git a/admin/manifest.json b/admin/manifest.json
index ad1d1b3f86d..687a6085138 100644
--- a/admin/manifest.json
+++ b/admin/manifest.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "version": "0.5.5",
-  "deb_version": "0.5.5-1",
-  "rpm_version": "0.5.5-1",
+  "version": "0.5.6",
+  "deb_version": "0.5.6-1",
+  "rpm_version": "0.5.6-1",
   "urlbase": "https://d3sqy0vbqsdhku.cloudfront.net"
 }
diff --git a/admin/meteor.spec b/admin/meteor.spec
index 66e173c63d9..1e3123aba35 100644
--- a/admin/meteor.spec
+++ b/admin/meteor.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Summary: Meteor platform and JavaScript application server
 Vendor: Meteor
 Name: meteor
-Version: 0.5.5
+Version: 0.5.6
 Release: 1
 License: MIT
 Group: Networking/WWW
diff --git a/app/lib/updater.js b/app/lib/updater.js
index 0b9d8e71f7d..f0a90dee1d4 100644
--- a/app/lib/updater.js
+++ b/app/lib/updater.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // true. This will make it act as if it is at version 0.1.0 and use test URLs
 // for update checks.
 var testingUpdater = false;
-exports.CURRENT_VERSION = testingUpdater ? "0.1.0" : "0.5.5";
+exports.CURRENT_VERSION = testingUpdater ? "0.1.0" : "0.5.6";
 
 var fs = require("fs");
 var http = require("http");
diff --git a/app/meteor/post-upgrade.js b/app/meteor/post-upgrade.js
index 67c096209cb..e73ba341eff 100644
--- a/app/meteor/post-upgrade.js
+++ b/app/meteor/post-upgrade.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ try {
   // XXX can't get this from updater.js because in 0.3.7 and before the
   // updater didn't have the right NODE_PATH set. At some point we can
   // remove this and just use updater.CURRENT_VERSION.
-  var VERSION = "0.5.5";
+  var VERSION = "0.5.6";
 
   var fs = require('fs');
   var path = require('path');
diff --git a/docs/client/docs.html b/docs/client/docs.html
index b616d4b11ad..4d5db6529cd 100644
--- a/docs/client/docs.html
+++ b/docs/client/docs.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   </div>
   <div id="main">
     <div id="top"></div>
-    <h1 class="main-headline">Meteor 0.5.5</h1>
+    <h1 class="main-headline">Meteor 0.5.6</h1>
     {{> introduction }}
     {{> concepts }}
     {{> api }}
diff --git a/docs/client/docs.js b/docs/client/docs.js
index eff5e9690c1..3bca498c6e4 100644
--- a/docs/client/docs.js
+++ b/docs/client/docs.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-METEOR_VERSION = "0.5.5";
+METEOR_VERSION = "0.5.6";
 
 Meteor.startup(function () {
   // XXX this is broken by the new multi-page layout.  Also, it was