From 4f22138032e8b94aeb662490c521cfd4499ba7d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Nelson <developer@matthewnelson.io>
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 13:50:59 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare 0.5.6 release

---
 CHANGELOG.md      | 6 ++++++
 README.md         | 4 ++--
 gradle.properties | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e6fe8f2..83927be 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## Version 0.5.6 (2024-12-20)
+ - Updates `kotlincrypto.sponges` to `0.3.4` [[#74]][74]
+     - See [discussions-75][discussions-75]
+
 ## Version 0.5.5 (2024-12-20)
  - Updates `kotlincrypto.core` to `0.5.5`
  - Updates `kotlincrypto.sponges` to `0.3.3`
@@ -144,3 +148,5 @@
 [69]: https://github.com/KotlinCrypto/hash/pull/69
 [70-comment]: https://github.com/KotlinCrypto/hash/pull/70#issuecomment-2554683182
 [71]: https://github.com/KotlinCrypto/hash/pull/71
+[74]: https://github.com/KotlinCrypto/hash/pull/74
+[discussions-75]: https://github.com/KotlinCrypto/hash/discussions/75
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1473945..7ad59e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ shown below.
 // build.gradle.kts
 dependencies {
     // define the BOM and its version
-    implementation(platform("org.kotlincrypto.hash:bom:0.5.5"))
+    implementation(platform("org.kotlincrypto.hash:bom:0.5.6"))
 
     // define artifacts without version
     
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ dependencies {
 ```
 
 <!-- TAG_VERSION -->
-[badge-latest-release]: https://img.shields.io/badge/latest--release-0.5.5-blue.svg?style=flat
+[badge-latest-release]: https://img.shields.io/badge/latest--release-0.5.6-blue.svg?style=flat
 [badge-license]: https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache%20License%202.0-blue.svg?style=flat
 
 <!-- TAG_DEPENDENCIES -->
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index eda78ef..e8eb914 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ POM_DEVELOPER_ID=KotlinCrypto
 POM_DEVELOPER_NAME=Kotlin Crypto
 POM_DEVELOPER_URL=https://github.com/KotlinCrypto/
 
-VERSION_NAME=0.5.6-SNAPSHOT
+VERSION_NAME=0.5.6
 # 0.1.0-alpha01 = 00 01 00 11
 # 0.1.0-beta01  = 00 01 00 21
 # 0.1.0-rc01    = 00 01 00 31