diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 708989d79..fddc1c05c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Change Log
 <!-- usage documentation: http://expeditor-docs.es.chef.io/configuration/changelog/ -->
-<!-- latest_release 4.56.7 -->
-## [v4.56.7](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v4.56.7) (2022-02-16)
+<!-- latest_release 4.56.8 -->
+## [v4.56.8](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v4.56.8) (2022-02-16)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
-- Resolve bugs detected on SonarCloud [#5845](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/5845) ([ahasunos](https://github.com/ahasunos))
+- Bump omnibus-software from `c7a43ec` to `a4f4849` in /omnibus [#5849](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/5849) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/dependabot[bot]))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=4.52.9 -->
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 - Added Timezone Resource [#5758](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/5758) ([Nik08](https://github.com/Nik08)) <!-- 4.53.0 -->
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- Bump omnibus-software from `c7a43ec` to `a4f4849` in /omnibus [#5849](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/5849) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/dependabot[bot])) <!-- 4.56.8 -->
 - Resolve bugs detected on SonarCloud [#5845](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/5845) ([ahasunos](https://github.com/ahasunos)) <!-- 4.56.7 -->
 - CFINSPEC-43 Init plugin functionality extended for streaming_reporter [#5836](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/5836) ([Nik08](https://github.com/Nik08)) <!-- 4.56.6 -->
 - CFINSPEC-38 Adds label in expeditor configuration file for major version bump [#5839](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/5839) ([Vasu1105](https://github.com/Vasu1105)) <!-- 4.56.5 -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4d632e913..10ab33ba5 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.56.7
\ No newline at end of file
+4.56.8
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb b/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
index 44ab67793..e2bc7c779 100644
--- a/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
+++ b/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file managed by automation - do not edit manually
 module InspecBin
   INSPECBIN_ROOT = File.expand_path("..", __dir__)
-  VERSION = "4.56.7".freeze
+  VERSION = "4.56.8".freeze
 end
diff --git a/lib/inspec/version.rb b/lib/inspec/version.rb
index e2dc93877..0927c20ef 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/version.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Inspec
-  VERSION = "4.56.7".freeze
+  VERSION = "4.56.8".freeze
 end