Added tag for 1.5.6 release.

diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index 09ab5c4..5e9fcf8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,32 @@
 Portions of this report were generated using the ReleaseNotes facility
 in Jira.
 
+Release 1.5.6
+=============
+
+** Bug
+
+    * [WSS-105] - Make WSS4J compliant with X.509 1.1 specification
+    * [WSS-162] - With SecureConv tokens, URI reference processing can strip off first char of ID....
+    * [WSS-163] - No way to set SC ValueType attribute for references in WSSecEncrypt
+    * [WSS-164] - Related to WSS-162, there isn't anyway to create a direct Reference based on identifier
+    * [WSS-165] - Problems verifying trusted certs if provider not specified in properties
+    * [WSS-168] - Verification/Decryption failure with a DN String from a different provider
+
+** Improvement
+
+    * [WSS-143] - Better management of namespace declarations....
+    * [WSS-157] - Remove spurious calls to MessageDigest.reset()
+    * [WSS-160] - Add AccessController.doPrivileged blocks to the Loader
+    * [WSS-161] - Add JAX-WS handler support
+    * [WSS-166] - Refactor unit tests
+    * [WSS-167] - Apply PMD to source tree
+
+** New Feature
+
+    * [WSS-156] - Add support for RSAKeyValue tokens/signatures (needed for WS-SecurityPolicy KeyValueToken)
+
+
 Release 1.5.5
 =============
 
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index c3b7f27..d851b0c 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <property name='product.version.major' value='1'/>
         <property name='product.version.minor' value='5'/>
         <property name='product.version.level' value='6'/>
-        <property name='product.version.qualifier' value='-SNAPSHOT'/>
+        <property name='product.version.qualifier' value=''/>
         <property name='product.version' value='${product.version.major}.${product.version.minor}.${product.version.level}${product.version.qualifier}'/>
         <property name="year" value="2008"/>
         <property name="copyright" value="Copyright &#169; ${year} Apache WSS4J Project. All Rights Reserved."/>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cafdd2f..6ca0425 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <artifactId>wss4j</artifactId>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
     <name>WSS4J</name>
-    <version>1.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.6</version>
     <description>
         Apache WSS4J is an implementation of the Web Services Security
         (WS-Security) being developed at OASIS Web Services Security TC.
@@ -137,11 +137,10 @@
                     <linkXRef>false</linkXRef>
                     <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
                     <verbose>true</verbose>
-                    <includeTests>false</includeTests>

-                    <excludes>

-                        <exclude>**/Merlin.java, **/CryptoBase.java, **/SAMLIssuerImpl.java,

-                                 **/DOM2Writer.java

-                        </exclude>

+                    <includeTests>false</includeTests>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <exclude>**/Merlin.java, **/CryptoBase.java, **/SAMLIssuerImpl.java, **/DOM2Writer.java
+                        </exclude>
                     </excludes>
                 </configuration>
                 <executions>
@@ -192,8 +191,8 @@
                         <Bundle-Description>${pom.artifactId}</Bundle-Description>
                         <Bundle-SymbolicName>org.apache.ws.security</Bundle-SymbolicName>
                         <Export-Package>
-                              org.apache.ws.security.*; version=1.5.5,
-                              org.apache.ws.axis.security.*; version=1.5.5,
+                              org.apache.ws.security.*; version=1.5.6,
+                              org.apache.ws.axis.security.*; version=1.5.6,
                         </Export-Package>
                         <Import-Package>
                               !org.apache.ws.security.*,
@@ -495,10 +494,9 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-changes-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.0</version>
+                <version>2.1</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <!-- <onlyCurrentVersion>true</onlyCurrentVersion> -->
-                    <fixVersionIds>12313215</fixVersionIds>
+                    <onlyCurrentVersion>true</onlyCurrentVersion>
                     <resolutionIds>Any</resolutionIds>
                     <statusIds>Closed</statusIds>
                     <sortColumnNames>Key</sortColumnNames>
diff --git a/xdocs/index.xml b/xdocs/index.xml
index 335ae06..dbd59b0 100644
--- a/xdocs/index.xml
+++ b/xdocs/index.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
                 <p style="margin-left: 40px;">You can download the latest version of WSS4J at the following URL:<br/>
                     <a href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/ws/wss4j/">http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/ws/wss4j/</a>
                 </p>
-                <p style="margin-left: 40px;">The latest release of WSS4J is version 1.5.5.
+                <p style="margin-left: 40px;">The latest release of WSS4J is version 1.5.6.
                 </p>
             </subsection>
             <subsection name="WS-Security Features">