diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b42f27e..f118772 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -46,3 +46,4 @@ coverage-3.4.tar.gz
 /coverage-5.3.1.tar.gz
 /coverage-5.4.tar.gz
 /coverage-5.5.tar.gz
+/coverage-5.6b1.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-coverage.spec b/python-coverage.spec
index 443adf0..251d1ae 100644
--- a/python-coverage.spec
+++ b/python-coverage.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-# %%global prever b1
+%global prever b1
 
 %global py2support 0
 
 Name:           python-coverage
 Summary:        Code coverage testing module for Python
-Version:        5.5
-Release:        1%{?prever}%{?dist}
+Version:        5.6
+Release:        0.1%{?prever}%{?dist}
 # jquery(MIT):
 #  coverage/htmlfiles/jquery.min.js
 # MIT or GPL:
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ popd
 %{python3_sitearch}/coverage*.egg-info/
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Apr 14 2021 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 5.6-0.1.b1
+- 5.6b1
+
 * Mon Mar  1 2021 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 5.5-1
 - update to 5.5
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index c8b3915..49aeb26 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (coverage-5.5.tar.gz) = fb78b4920a2f18afb9545a6f13910f491708443965881954fff6ee8553ab3d6bd898f7a95df1091435e8d5627ac850b880a6233e716a6acb934ecc195ec2ee52
+SHA512 (coverage-5.6b1.tar.gz) = ab135bf14006f3f66b532856cf91543bacaf11f8d05feda11b1a7f793a278dba05750716ce7f6f7fdb3c9deab508e320bdaaa7fc9ed8ca5dd3d0b8338d8d5ff9