diff --git a/monit/.md5sum b/monit/.md5sum
index dfa99e78d..e1397cc5f 100644
--- a/monit/.md5sum
+++ b/monit/.md5sum
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-16f3809a27fb1d40156e7ad275460645  monit-5.5.1.tar.gz
+19dfc1ce8512e832134d06eedd96ba50  monit-5.6.tar.gz
 912160c1b3f72bc31cb9f91d37ae364d  monitd
diff --git a/monit/Pkgfile b/monit/Pkgfile
index 586eb654f..800bbcd2f 100644
--- a/monit/Pkgfile
+++ b/monit/Pkgfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Depends on: openssl 
 
 name=monit
-version=5.5.1
+version=5.6
 release=1
 source=(http://mmonit.com/$name/dist/$name-$version.tar.gz \
         monitd)