diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1a1c936..be37cb5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 /Sphinx-1.5.1.tar.gz
 /Sphinx-1.5.2.tar.gz
 /Sphinx-1.5.5.tar.gz
+/Sphinx-1.5.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-sphinx.spec b/python-sphinx.spec
index 6692b23..5e0274e 100644
--- a/python-sphinx.spec
+++ b/python-sphinx.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 %global upstream_name Sphinx
 
 Name:       python-sphinx
-Version:    1.5.5
+Version:    1.5.6
 Release:    1%{?dist}
 Epoch:      1
 Summary:    Python documentation generator
@@ -586,6 +586,9 @@ popd
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jan 09 2018 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 1:1.5.6-1
+- Update to 1.5.6
+
 * Mon Nov 06 2017 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 1:1.5.5-1
 - Update to 1.5.5
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index d32cac7..45146fe 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (Sphinx-1.5.5.tar.gz) = 67bd2800da6886391a852175db52d9f9115eb71fa0c925d49809f3ca15f58deafb55cc4fc42d83b4c9494b38962a61f33de52c21b4b140ec377f696f4fa7bf7e
+SHA512 (Sphinx-1.5.6.tar.gz) = 4190124d093fca3633a40187731d4284fa041c5d1159af1087ceec507eb398f693dcc655cbce779b63c25e4c925a07dfbfaae5f27c36e42df97226d335be951f