diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cec3ab700..d4abe3a5f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+Overview of changes in GLib 2.56.1
+==================================
+
+* Bug fixes:
+ 793400	g_application_id_is_valid() not strict enough
+ 793578	gdatetime tests depend on Japanese translation of month names
+ 793645	test_month_names: Updated translations needed for el_GR, hr_HR, ru_RU
+ 794194 gobject_gdb.py: 'address' is a property of gdb.Value not a function
+ 794473 Remove duplicated option in gio.xml
+ 794506	glib-mkenums: Enters infinite loop if using typedef enum SomeIdentifier
+ 794528	Fix segfault caused by use-after-free in GPollFileMonitor
+ 794606	glib-2.56.0 fails to compile when res_nquery is not available
+ 794686	Date (except weekday) displayed in English 
+
+* Translation updates:
+ Slovak
+ Slovenian
+ Spanish
+
+
 Overview of changes in GLib 2.56.0
 ==================================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 233002470..2013d198e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ m4_define(glib_configure_ac)
 
 m4_define([glib_major_version], [2])
 m4_define([glib_minor_version], [56])
-m4_define([glib_micro_version], [0])
-m4_define([glib_interface_age], [0])
+m4_define([glib_micro_version], [1])
+m4_define([glib_interface_age], [1])
 m4_define([glib_binary_age],
           [m4_eval(100 * glib_minor_version + glib_micro_version)])
 m4_define([glib_version],