diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c5983a463e..62aad5ad8e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.5.6
+
+### Various fixes & improvements
+
+- Create feature.yml (#1350) by @vladanpaunovic
+- Update contribution guide (#1346) by @antonpirker
+- chore: add bug issue template (#1345) by @vladanpaunovic
+- Added default value for auto_session_tracking (#1337) by @antonpirker
+- docs(readme): reordered content (#1343) by @antonpirker
+- fix(tests): Removed unsupported Django 1.6 from tests to avoid confusion (#1338) by @antonpirker
+- Group captured warnings under separate issues (#1324) by @mnito
+- build(changelogs): Use automated changelogs from Craft (#1340) by @BYK
+- fix(aiohttp): AioHttpIntegration sentry_app_handle() now ignores ConnectionResetError (#1331) by @cmalek
+- meta: Remove black GH action (#1339) by @sl0thentr0py
+- feat(flask): Add `sentry_trace()` template helper (#1336) by @BYK
+
 ## 1.5.5
 
 - Add session tracking to ASGI integration (#1329)
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 89949dd041..69d37e2fbc 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 copyright = u"2019, Sentry Team and Contributors"
 author = u"Sentry Team and Contributors"
 
-release = "1.5.5"
+release = "1.5.6"
 version = ".".join(release.split(".")[:2])  # The short X.Y version.
 
 
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/consts.py b/sentry_sdk/consts.py
index df6a9a747c..44b88deaa3 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/consts.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/consts.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def _get_default_options():
 del _get_default_options
 
 
-VERSION = "1.5.5"
+VERSION = "1.5.6"
 SDK_INFO = {
     "name": "sentry.python",
     "version": VERSION,
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 202ad69f01..72acbf1462 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def get_file_text(file_name):
 
 setup(
     name="sentry-sdk",
-    version="1.5.5",
+    version="1.5.6",
     author="Sentry Team and Contributors",
     author_email="hello@sentry.io",
     url="https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-python",