diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 57b2801..d07bb0c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 clog
-/rpy2-2.5.2.tar.gz
+/rpy2-2.5.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/rpy.spec b/rpy.spec
index ded16c5..d1d7d92 100644
--- a/rpy.spec
+++ b/rpy.spec
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 Name:          rpy
 Summary:       Python interface to the R language
-Version:       2.5.2
-Release:       2%{?dist}
+Version:       2.5.6
+Release:       1%{?dist}
 Url:           https://bitbucket.org/lgautier/rpy2
 Source:        http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/r/%{name}2/%{name}2-%{version}.tar.gz
 License:       GPLv2+
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ popd
 %{python3_sitearch}/rpy2-%{version}*.egg-info
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Feb 13 2015 José Matos <jamatos@fedoraproject.org> - 2.5.6-1
+- update to 2.5.6
+
 * Mon Jan 26 2015 David Tardon <dtardon@redhat.com> - 2.5.2-2
 - rebuild for ICU 54.1
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index d95c69b..9a5c399 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-65f865ae50c223f44d058d7cddf0ff87  rpy2-2.5.2.tar.gz
+a36e758b633ce6aec6a5f450bfee980f  rpy2-2.5.6.tar.gz