diff --git a/package/mongoose/mongoose.mk b/package/mongoose/mongoose.mk
index 7a5d3561d0..e31b099a93 100644
--- a/package/mongoose/mongoose.mk
+++ b/package/mongoose/mongoose.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-MONGOOSE_VERSION = 5.5
+MONGOOSE_VERSION = 5.6
 MONGOOSE_SITE = $(call github,cesanta,mongoose,$(MONGOOSE_VERSION))
 MONGOOSE_LICENSE = GPLv2
 MONGOOSE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE