diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 29c3893..ece79c7 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: RKorAPClient
 Type: Package
 Title: 'KorAP' Web Service Client Package
-Version: 0.5.5.9002
+Version: 0.5.6.9002
 Authors@R:
     c(person(given = "Marc",
              family = "Kupietz",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 584bb20..d7bbf50 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-# RKorAPClient 0.5.5.9002
+# RKorAPClient 0.5.6.9002
 - Fix some links in Readme.md
 - Introduce continuous integration tests via gh-actions, pulled from [highcharter](https://github.com/jbkunst/highcharter) (thanks @pachamaltese)
 - Remove redundant curl import
 - Fix handling of single queries in highcharter-helper
 
+# RKorAPClient 0.5.6
+- Fix some links in Readme.md
+- First release on CRAN
+
 # RKorAPClient 0.5.5
 - Use TRUE and FALSE instead of T and F
 - Be more specific about authors and rights holder