diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7c408f0ec..336c795f1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## [5.6.1] - 2018-11-07
+
+- Changes: https://github.com/softlayer/softlayer-python/compare/v5.6.0...v5.6.1
+
++ #1065 Updated urllib3 and requests libraries due to CVE-2018-18074
++ #1070 Fixed an ordering bug
+
 ## [5.6.0] - 2018-10-16
 - Changes: https://github.com/softlayer/softlayer-python/compare/v5.5.3...v5.6.0
 
diff --git a/SoftLayer/consts.py b/SoftLayer/consts.py
index 29e3f58d2..98c04f8f7 100644
--- a/SoftLayer/consts.py
+++ b/SoftLayer/consts.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     :license: MIT, see LICENSE for more details.
 """
-VERSION = 'v5.6.0'
+VERSION = 'v5.6.1'
 API_PUBLIC_ENDPOINT = 'https://api.softlayer.com/xmlrpc/v3.1/'
 API_PRIVATE_ENDPOINT = 'https://api.service.softlayer.com/xmlrpc/v3.1/'
 API_PUBLIC_ENDPOINT_REST = 'https://api.softlayer.com/rest/v3.1/'
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 224313b06..97159291b 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: slcli # check to see if it's available
-version: '5.6.0+git' # check versioning
+version: '5.6.1+git' # check versioning
 summary: Python based SoftLayer API Tool. # 79 char long summary
 description: |
     A command-line interface is also included and can be used to manage various SoftLayer products and services.