diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8655656..4aef704 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 /cronie-1.5.3.tar.gz
 /cronie-1.5.4.tar.gz
 /cronie-1.5.5.tar.gz
+/cronie-1.5.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/cronie.spec b/cronie.spec
index 76684d0..47f2a4d 100644
--- a/cronie.spec
+++ b/cronie.spec
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 Summary:   Cron daemon for executing programs at set times
 Name:      cronie
-Version:   1.5.5
-Release:   5%{?dist}
+Version:   1.5.6
+Release:   1%{?dist}
 License:   MIT and BSD and ISC and GPLv2+
 URL:       https://github.com/cronie-crond/cronie
 Source0:   https://github.com/cronie-crond/cronie/releases/download/cronie-%{version}/cronie-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@ exit 0
 %attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/cron.d/dailyjobs
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 17 2021 Tomáš Mráz <tmraz@redhat.com> - 1.5.6-1
+- new upstream release 1.5.6 with bug fixes and enhancements
+
 * Tue Jan 26 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5.5-5
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 43e3c1d..8764d0e 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (cronie-1.5.5.tar.gz) = 3cb53ee4db7722c0764a1d2e5dfe773cfc31c91e9d0798d579a58ec8c29a1f42238e18c27baae2eaff6df37250cd06dddbf77f0020aed68b9712fd7332efb912
+SHA512 (cronie-1.5.6.tar.gz) = 15dfdf7918ae6e1977fe9657eef5c207803aca65779f9a174235f4f394af83edc8b5d134e5283b907db0fde40ad425ee095dfa5d7b615e9bd83e0395992f81dd