diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ff2863b5..53533aee 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-1.5.6.dev0
+1.5.6
  * #292: Allow before_backup and similiar hooks to exit with a soft failure without altering the
    monitoring status on Healthchecks or other providers. Support this by waiting to ping monitoring
    services with a "start" status until after before_* hooks finish. Failures in before_* hooks
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c7a4d935..de153444 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-VERSION = '1.5.6.dev0'
+VERSION = '1.5.6'
 
 
 setup(