diff --git a/project/deps.sc b/project/deps.sc
index 50add07921..f7f0024895 100644
--- a/project/deps.sc
+++ b/project/deps.sc
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ object Deps {
   // DO NOT hardcode a Scala version in this dependency string
   // This dependency is used to ensure that Ammonite is available for Scala versions
   // that Scala CLI supports.
-  def ammonite = ivy"com.lihaoyi:::ammonite:2.5.5-17-df243e14"
+  def ammonite = ivy"com.lihaoyi:::ammonite:2.5.6"
   def asm      = ivy"org.ow2.asm:asm:9.4"
   def bloop    = ivy"io.github.alexarchambault.bleep:bloop-frontend_2.12:1.5.6-sc-2"
   // Force using of 2.13 - is there a better way?
diff --git a/website/docs/reference/cli-options.md b/website/docs/reference/cli-options.md
index 88184d78a4..da8f0daf4f 100644
--- a/website/docs/reference/cli-options.md
+++ b/website/docs/reference/cli-options.md
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ Use Ammonite (instead of the default Scala REPL)
 
 Aliases: `--ammonite-ver`
 
-Set the Ammonite version (2.5.5-17-df243e14 by default)
+Set the Ammonite version (2.5.6 by default)
 
 ### `--ammonite-arg`