diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3d352642..c17b465c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [5.6.0]
+
+- To better respect the bandwidth of feed owners, the default value of `commafeed.feed-refresh.interval-empirical` is now true. This means feeds no longer refresh exactly every 5 minutes (the default value of `commafeed.feed-refresh.interval`) but between 5 minutes and 4 hours (the default value of the new `commafeed.feed-refresh.max-interval` setting). The interval is calculated based on feed activity, so highly active feeds refresh more often (#1677)
+- Many previously hardcoded values used in feed refresh interval calculation are now exposed as settings (#1677)
+- Access to local addresses is now blocked to mitigate server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks, which could potentially expose internal resources. You might want to disable the new `commafeed.http-client.block-local-addresses` setting if you subscribe to feeds only available on your local network and you trust all your users
+- If a feed responds with a "429 - Too many requests" response, a backoff mechanism is triggered when the response does not contain a "Retry-After" header
+
 ## [5.5.0]
 
 - CommaFeed now honors the Retry-After response header and will not try to refresh a feed sooner than the value of this header
diff --git a/commafeed-client/pom.xml b/commafeed-client/pom.xml
index 71a130cb..99f2a86b 100644
--- a/commafeed-client/pom.xml
+++ b/commafeed-client/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.commafeed</groupId>
 		<artifactId>commafeed</artifactId>
-		<version>5.5.0</version>
+		<version>5.6.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>commafeed-client</artifactId>
 	<name>CommaFeed Client</name>
diff --git a/commafeed-server/pom.xml b/commafeed-server/pom.xml
index 77822fd8..5599ca7e 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/pom.xml
+++ b/commafeed-server/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.commafeed</groupId>
 		<artifactId>commafeed</artifactId>
-		<version>5.5.0</version>
+		<version>5.6.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>commafeed-server</artifactId>
 	<name>CommaFeed Server</name>
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.commafeed</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commafeed-client</artifactId>
-			<version>5.5.0</version>
+			<version>5.6.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- compile-time processors -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f5a7d614..3ceaef33 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>com.commafeed</groupId>
 	<artifactId>commafeed</artifactId>
-	<version>5.5.0</version>
+	<version>5.6.0</version>
 	<name>CommaFeed</name>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>