diff --git a/lang/vala/Makefile b/lang/vala/Makefile
index 9bad9bb19..d0af5a1d5 100644
--- a/lang/vala/Makefile
+++ b/lang/vala/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=vala
-PKG_VERSION:=0.54.8
+PKG_VERSION:=0.56.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNOME/vala/0.54
-PKG_HASH:=edfb3e79486a4bf48cebaea9291e57fc77da9322b6961e9549df6d973d04bc80
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNOME/vala/0.56
+PKG_HASH:=d92bd13c5630905eeb6a983dcb702204da9731460c2a6e4e39f867996f371040
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1-or-later