diff --git a/ctags/.md5sum b/ctags/.md5sum
index 5d5d97d72..447e47474 100644
--- a/ctags/.md5sum
+++ b/ctags/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-a84124caadd4103270e0b84596ecfe83  ctags-5.5.4.tar.gz
+9026a6c6950751bc4fd1be37e8a2070f  ctags-5.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/ctags/Pkgfile b/ctags/Pkgfile
index 826aa8ee9..9f35337c6 100644
--- a/ctags/Pkgfile
+++ b/ctags/Pkgfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Tilman Sauerbeck, tilman at crux dot nu
 
 name=ctags
-version=5.5.4
+version=5.6
 release=1
 source=(http://dl.sourceforge.net/$name/$name-$version.tar.gz)