diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 36fdf210..6c73654a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 #MMDrawerController Changelog
+##[0.5.6](https://github.com/mutualmobile/MMDrawerController/issues?milestone=14&page=1&state=closed)(Monday,  June 9th, 2014)
+###Fixed
+* **FIXED** an issue ([#259](https://github.com/mutualmobile/MMDrawerController/pull/259)) where the side would rarely show up hidden when opening. (Eric Miller, Lars Anderson, Kevin Harwood)
+* **FIXED** an issue ([#251](https://github.com/mutualmobile/MMDrawerController/pull/251)) where the completion block would not be called if you set the new center view controller with a full close animation while the drawer was closed. (ThuggishNuggets)
+* **FIXED** an issue ([#246](https://github.com/mutualmobile/MMDrawerController/pull/246)) where user could interact with content while an animation completed. (jgallagher, Kevin Harwood)
+* **FIXED** an issue ([#232](https://github.com/mutualmobile/MMDrawerController/pull/232)) where the drawer controller was not properly calling willMoveToParentViewController:nil when removing children from the drawer container view controller. (Josh Berlin, Kevin Harwood)
+* **FIXED** an issue ([#222](https://github.com/mutualmobile/MMDrawerController/pull/222)) where a user interacting with during rotation would cause UI glitches. (Kevin Harwood, vkormushkin)
+* **FIXED** an ([#220](https://github.com/mutualmobile/MMDrawerController/pull/220)) where we were setting the background color on the wrong view, which prevented setting a custom background color for the entire view. (Kevin Harwood, David Dulak, trawor)
+
 ##[0.5.5](https://github.com/mutualmobile/MMDrawerController/releases/tag/0.5.5) (Wednesday, April 30, 2014)
 ###Fixed
 * **FIXED** an issue ([#244](https://github.com/mutualmobile/MMDrawerController/pull/244)) where a user could continue to interact with the view while a pan gesture animation was ongoing. (Kevin Harwood, Patrick Hernandez)
diff --git a/MMDrawerController.podspec b/MMDrawerController.podspec
index b8d4902f..d6fe03be 100644
--- a/MMDrawerController.podspec
+++ b/MMDrawerController.podspec
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name         = "MMDrawerController"
-  s.version      = "0.5.5"
+  s.version      = "0.5.6"
   s.summary      = "A lightweight, easy-to-use side drawer navigation controller."
   s.homepage     = "https://github.com/mutualmobile/MMDrawerController"
   s.license      = { :type => 'MIT', :file => 'LICENSE' }
   s.author       = { "Kevin Harwood" => "kevin.harwood@mutualmobile.com" }
-  s.source       = { :git => "https://github.com/mutualmobile/MMDrawerController.git", :tag => "0.5.5" }
+  s.source       = { :git => "https://github.com/mutualmobile/MMDrawerController.git", :tag => "0.5.6" }
   s.platform     = :ios, '5.0'
   s.requires_arc = true
   s.screenshots = [ "http://mutualmobile.github.io/MMDrawerController/ExampleImages/example1.png",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a6c33350..537e8d29 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Official appledoc documentation can be found at [CocoaDocs](http://cocoadocs.org
 You can install MMDrawerController in your project by using [CocoaPods](https://github.com/cocoapods/cocoapods):
 
 ```Ruby
-pod 'MMDrawerController', '~> 0.5.3'
+pod 'MMDrawerController', '~> 0.5.6'
 ```
 
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