diff --git a/python/jellyfish/jellyfish.SlackBuild b/python/jellyfish/jellyfish.SlackBuild
index 70d5671bd9..aacd3524ad 100644
--- a/python/jellyfish/jellyfish.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/jellyfish/jellyfish.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=jellyfish
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.5.4}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.5.6}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/python/jellyfish/jellyfish.info b/python/jellyfish/jellyfish.info
index bc8c3122f8..7c2aca698f 100644
--- a/python/jellyfish/jellyfish.info
+++ b/python/jellyfish/jellyfish.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="jellyfish"
-VERSION="0.5.4"
+VERSION="0.5.6"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/sunlightlabs/jellyfish"
-DOWNLOAD="https://pypi.python.org/packages/cc/a8/fc7d71ccba20e1553b06713601cc0b83908cf4d6f5aa5a4f2c804f8b3000/jellyfish-0.5.4.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="3fc5b35caed6fdaf3e71a050a4d11b19"
+DOWNLOAD="https://pypi.python.org/packages/94/48/ddb1458d966f0a84e472d059d87a9d1527df7768a725132fc1d810728386/jellyfish-0.5.6.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="65bb9b4277b7878cc5acee7873fa2def"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""