diff --git a/Jamroot b/Jamroot
index 011ae5db4e..d05444a9c0 100644
--- a/Jamroot
+++ b/Jamroot
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ import path ;
 import link ;
 
 path-constant BOOST_ROOT : . ;
-constant BOOST_VERSION : 1.55.0 ;
+constant BOOST_VERSION : 1.56.0 ;
 constant BOOST_JAMROOT_MODULE : $(__name__) ;
 
 boostcpp.set-version $(BOOST_VERSION) ;
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index ab079085da..12db798202 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         <a href="index.html">
         <img src="boost.png" alt="boost.png (6897 bytes)" align="middle" width="277" height="86" border="0"/></a></td>
       <td width="337" align="middle">
-      <h2 style="text-align: center">Release 1.55.0</h2>
+      <h2 style="text-align: center">Release 1.56.0</h2>
       </td>
     </tr>
   </table>
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
   <p>This release includes one new library
   (<a href="libs/predef/index.html">Predef</a>),
   as well as updates to many existing libraries. See
-  <a href="http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_55_0.html">Release
+  <a href="http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_56_0.html">Release
   History</a> for more information.</p>
 
   <h3>Getting Started</h3>
diff --git a/more/getting_started/detail/release-variables.rst b/more/getting_started/detail/release-variables.rst
index 117e29e55d..6f76e28ecd 100644
--- a/more/getting_started/detail/release-variables.rst
+++ b/more/getting_started/detail/release-variables.rst
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 .. This file contains all the definitions that need to be updated
 .. for each new release of Boost.
 
-.. |boost-version-number| replace:: 1.55.0
-.. |boost_ver| replace:: ``boost_1_55_0``
-.. |boost_ver-bold| replace:: **boost_1_55_0**
+.. |boost-version-number| replace:: 1.56.0
+.. |boost_ver| replace:: ``boost_1_56_0``
+.. |boost_ver-bold| replace:: **boost_1_56_0**
 
-.. _sf-download: http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_55_0.html
+.. _sf-download: http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_56_0.html