diff --git a/IO-Socket-INET6-2.54.tar.bz2 b/IO-Socket-INET6-2.54.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index 47595b0..0000000
--- a/IO-Socket-INET6-2.54.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:114202e2e7e26800ed8e5955aa80e4f7aac95f90e6f22cd1d83aab2b7d66cfdf
-size 11505
diff --git a/IO-Socket-INET6-2.56.tar.bz2 b/IO-Socket-INET6-2.56.tar.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e94fec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IO-Socket-INET6-2.56.tar.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:d4473193858569dc44e075f084b94ff1c607ec152bde46d8f0da503ddb284c79
+size 11916
diff --git a/perl-IO-Socket-INET6-2.54-family.diff b/perl-IO-Socket-INET6-2.54-family.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index bfc9f82..0000000
--- a/perl-IO-Socket-INET6-2.54-family.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
---- lib/IO/Socket/INET6.pm
-+++ lib/IO/Socket/INET6.pm
-@@ -148,12 +148,6 @@
-     $proto ||= (getprotobyname('tcp'))[2];
-     $type = $arg->{Type} || $socket_type{(getprotobynumber($proto))[0]};
- 
--    my @lres = ();
--    @lres = getaddrinfo($laddr,$lport,$family,$type,$proto,AI_PASSIVE);
--
--    return _error($sock, $EINVAL, "getaddrinfo: $lres[0]")
--	unless(scalar(@lres)>=5);
--
-     $arg->{PeerAddr} = $arg->{PeerHost}
- 	if exists $arg->{PeerHost} && !exists $arg->{PeerAddr};
- 
-@@ -164,17 +158,40 @@
-     }
- 
-     $sock->blocking($arg->{Blocking}) if defined $arg->{Blocking};
--
-     
-+    my @families;
-+    if ($family == AF_UNSPEC){
-+	@families = (AF_INET6, AF_INET);
-+    } else {
-+	@families = ($family);
-+    }
-+
-+    my $ok = 0;
-+    my $msg;
-+    my @lres = ();
-     my @rres = ();
--    if (defined $raddr) {
--    @rres = getaddrinfo($raddr,$rport,$family,$type,$proto,AI_PASSIVE);
--    return _error($sock, $EINVAL, "getaddrinfo: $rres[0]")
--	    unless (scalar(@rres)>=5);
-+    for my $fam (@families) {
-+    	@lres = getaddrinfo($laddr,$lport,$fam,$type,$proto,AI_PASSIVE);
-+	if (scalar(@lres)<5){
-+		$msg = $lres[0];
-+		next;
-+	}
-+ 	if (defined $raddr) {
-+    	    @rres = getaddrinfo($raddr,$rport,$fam,$type,$proto,AI_PASSIVE);
-+	    if (scalar(@rres)>=5){
-+		$ok = 1;
-+		last;
-+	    } else {
-+		$msg = $rres[0];
-+	    }
-+    	} else {
-+		$ok = 1;
-+                last;
-+	}
-     }
-+    return _error($sock, $EINVAL, "getaddrinfo: $msg") unless $ok;
- 
-     while(1) {
--
- 	$family = (exists $arg->{PeerAddr})? ($rres[0]):($lres[0]) ;  # One concrete family.
- 
- 	#printf "DEBUG $family \n";
diff --git a/perl-IO-Socket-INET6.changes b/perl-IO-Socket-INET6.changes
index fd0e23e..f47f60b 100644
--- a/perl-IO-Socket-INET6.changes
+++ b/perl-IO-Socket-INET6.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct  6 20:33:05 CEST 2008 - anicka@suse.cz
+
+- update to 2.56 
+ * make sure both sides have the same family.
+ * Fixed problem with connect to IPv4 w/o given domain on FreeBSD6.1 (and
+   other BSD systems).
+- remove -family patch (fixed upstream)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Oct  6 13:35:12 CEST 2008 - anicka@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/perl-IO-Socket-INET6.spec b/perl-IO-Socket-INET6.spec
index 2b06dfb..6827968 100644
--- a/perl-IO-Socket-INET6.spec
+++ b/perl-IO-Socket-INET6.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# spec file for package perl-IO-Socket-INET6 (Version 2.54)
+# spec file for package perl-IO-Socket-INET6 (Version 2.56)
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2008 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
@@ -20,16 +20,15 @@
 
 Name:           perl-IO-Socket-INET6
 BuildRequires:  perl-Socket6
-Version:        2.54
-Release:        37
+Version:        2.56
+Release:        1
 Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Url:            http://cpan.org/modules/by-module/IO/
 License:        Artistic License
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Perl
-Source:         IO-Socket-INET6-%{version}.tar.bz2
-Patch:          %{name}-%{version}-family.diff
 Summary:        Provides an object interface to creating and using sockets
+Source:         IO-Socket-INET6-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ Authors:
 
 %prep 
 %setup -n IO-Socket-INET6-%{version} -q
-%patch
 
 %build
 perl Makefile.PL
@@ -73,6 +71,12 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %changelog
 * Mon Oct 06 2008 anicka@suse.cz
+- update to 2.56
+  * make sure both sides have the same family.
+  * Fixed problem with connect to IPv4 w/o given domain on FreeBSD6.1 (and
+  other BSD systems).
+- remove -family patch (fixed upstream)
+* Mon Oct 06 2008 anicka@suse.cz
 - do not try to bind when we have AF_INET6 one one side and
   AF_INET on the other side and fix test failures (-family.diff)
 * Mon Feb 25 2008 anicka@suse.cz