diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9e37e45..21cb695 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -124,3 +124,4 @@
 /vala-0.54.4.tar.xz
 /vala-0.54.5.tar.xz
 /vala-0.54.6.tar.xz
+/vala-0.55.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e2eb4a8..53d29e7 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (vala-0.54.6.tar.xz) = 6943e11c5f351f9f76991b75fbe51c4d133eaf4858ea75e67d514b7216cfabd4f0d81f09c89af26ab22fdf26783938742ae75bb49b7de4f1c2696934e2d4d0ae
+SHA512 (vala-0.55.1.tar.xz) = 7a9bd9cb22fc39dbe6139a2908b9eb98ca843987977c5ecc95a3395db2f7bffe8685a55e282cd620e8c812a45844b41c94f85116363999244e0595fc81882df8
diff --git a/vala.spec b/vala.spec
index b31f249..05951c5 100644
--- a/vala.spec
+++ b/vala.spec
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
-%global api_ver 0.54
+%global api_ver 0.56
 %global priority 90
 
 Name:           vala
-Version:        0.54.6
+Version:        0.55.1
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        A modern programming language for GNOME
 
 # Most files are LGPLv2.1+, curses.vapi is 2-clause BSD
 License:        LGPLv2+ and BSD
 URL:            https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala
-Source0:        https://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.54/vala-%{version}.tar.xz
+Source0:        https://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.55/vala-%{version}.tar.xz
 
 BuildRequires:  bison
 BuildRequires:  flex
-BuildRequires:  glib2-devel
 BuildRequires:  gobject-introspection-devel
 BuildRequires:  graphviz-devel
 BuildRequires:  libxslt
 BuildRequires:  make
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gobject-2.0)
 # only if Vala source files are patched
 #BuildRequires:  vala
 
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ make check
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jan 14 2022 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> - 0.55.1-1
+- Update to 0.55.1
+
 * Sun Jan 09 2022 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> - 0.54.6-1
 - Update to 0.54.6