diff --git a/bodhi/__init__.py b/bodhi/__init__.py
index dcbf0121cf..42af4f1e3c 100644
--- a/bodhi/__init__.py
+++ b/bodhi/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 """Fedora's update manager."""
 
-__version__ = "5.6.0"
+__version__ = "5.6.1"
 
 # This is a regular expression used to match username mentions in comments.
 MENTION_RE = r'(?<!\S)(@\w+)'
diff --git a/docs/user/release_notes.rst b/docs/user/release_notes.rst
index bcc96d435c..e2297fb0fc 100644
--- a/docs/user/release_notes.rst
+++ b/docs/user/release_notes.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@ Release notes
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+v5.6.1
+======
+This is a bugfix release.
+
+
+Bug fixes
+^^^^^^^^^
+Fix two reflected XSS vulnerabilities - CVE: CVE-2020-15855
+
+
+Contributors
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The following developers contributed to this release of Bodhi:
+
+* Patrick Uiterwijk
+
 v5.6
 ====
 This is a feature release.