diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index f897720290..8cd83236ac 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #Thu, 21 Apr 2016 18:39:55 +0200
-version=0.5.6-SNAPSHOT
+version=0.5.6
 # Set workers to 1 that even for parallel builds it works. (I guess the shadow plugin makes some trouble)
 org.gradle.workers.max=1
 # from Java 9+