diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4f3785a..920e4c9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -83,3 +83,4 @@
 /annobin-8.52.tar.xz
 /annobin-8.53.tar.xz
 /annobin-8.55.tar.xz
+/annobin-8.56.tar.xz
diff --git a/annobin.spec b/annobin.spec
index 2891a09..15afad9 100644
--- a/annobin.spec
+++ b/annobin.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 Name:    annobin
 Summary: Binary annotation plugin for GCC
-Version: 8.55
+Version: 8.56
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 
 License: GPLv3+
@@ -204,8 +204,10 @@ make check
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 18 2018 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> - 8.56-1
+- Skip PPC64 linker stubs created in the middle of text sections. (#1630640)
+
 * Tue Oct 16 2018 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> - 8.55-1
-- Skip PPC64 linker stubs created in the middle of text sections.
 - Reset the (PPC64) section start symbol to 0 if its section is empty.  (#1638251)
 
 * Thu Oct 11 2018 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> - 8.53-1
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 6a038cf..0c66442 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (annobin-8.55.tar.xz) = 4dcc3616d52802a7395be5bbffaf953c4037dd8e9c18d519aa104cf2c301e966e781529d34086bcc5459e9cfa121c98485c1bb4ef33880ac621e765b2eda3f74
+SHA512 (annobin-8.56.tar.xz) = 4505783562a6be2fa630812ae0a3cdcd4702b861f0dda09677022a94b5358afc00de52d59119d3d3edc87564a9c031e368c55b82c1c2822ac5606c722d062641