diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f5bd0bd90..bf1b9e7d9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 # Change Log
 <!-- usage documentation: http://expeditor-docs.es.chef.io/configuration/changelog/ -->
-<!-- latest_release 2.1.55 -->
-## [v2.1.55](https://github.com/chef/inspec/tree/v2.1.55) (2018-04-26)
+<!-- latest_release 2.1.56 -->
+## [v2.1.56](https://github.com/chef/inspec/tree/v2.1.56) (2018-04-26)
 
-#### Enhancements
-- Update shadow#to_s to return @path instead of hardcoded `/etc/shadow` [#2978](https://github.com/chef/inspec/pull/2978) ([miah](https://github.com/miah))
+#### Merged Pull Requests
+- Makes JSON resource enumerable, despite method_missing magic [#2910](https://github.com/chef/inspec/pull/2910) ([TheLonelyGhost](https://github.com/TheLonelyGhost))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=2.1.54 -->
 ### Changes since 2.1.54 release
 
+#### Merged Pull Requests
+- Makes JSON resource enumerable, despite method_missing magic [#2910](https://github.com/chef/inspec/pull/2910) ([TheLonelyGhost](https://github.com/TheLonelyGhost)) <!-- 2.1.56 -->
+
 #### Enhancements
 - Update shadow#to_s to return @path instead of hardcoded `/etc/shadow` [#2978](https://github.com/chef/inspec/pull/2978) ([miah](https://github.com/miah)) <!-- 2.1.55 -->
 <!-- release_rollup -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 36169be77..7ab0fb4b2 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.1.55
\ No newline at end of file
+2.1.56
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/inspec/version.rb b/lib/inspec/version.rb
index 1d0c09ad0..9bb7263b9 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/version.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/version.rb
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 # author: Christoph Hartmann
 
 module Inspec
-  VERSION = '2.1.55'
+  VERSION = '2.1.56'
 end