diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c4c0f3a6..ff5c9631 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-D-Bus 1.5.6 (UNRELEASED)
+D-Bus 1.5.6 (2011-07-29)
 ==
 
+The "weird, gravy-like aftertaste" release.
+
+In addition to new features and refactoring, this release contains all of the
+bugfixes from 1.4.14.
+
 Potentially incompatible (Bustle and similar debugging tools will need
 changes to work as intended):
 
@@ -12,6 +17,13 @@ changes to work as intended):
 
 Other changes:
 
+• D-Bus Specification version 0.18 (fd.o #37890, fd.o #39450, fd.o #38252;
+  Cosimo Alfarano, Simon McVittie)
+  · add the "eavesdrop" keyword to match rules
+  · define eavesdropping, unicast messages and broadcast messages
+  · stop claiming that match rules are needed to match unicast messages to you
+  · promote the type system to be a top-level section
+
 • Use DBUS_ERROR_OBJECT_PATH_IN_USE if dbus_connection_try_register_object_path
   or dbus_connection_try_register_fallback fails, not ...ADDRESS_IN_USE,
   and simplify object-path registration (fd.o #38874, Jiří Klimeš)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index aed3a772..9222b18b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.63])
 
 m4_define([dbus_major_version], [1])
 m4_define([dbus_minor_version], [5])
-m4_define([dbus_micro_version], [5])
+m4_define([dbus_micro_version], [6])
 m4_define([dbus_version],
           [dbus_major_version.dbus_minor_version.dbus_micro_version])
 AC_INIT([dbus],[dbus_version],[https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=dbus],[dbus])
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ LT_CURRENT=9
 
 ## increment any time the source changes; set to
 ##  0 if you increment CURRENT
-LT_REVISION=2
+LT_REVISION=3
 
 ## increment if any interfaces have been added; set to 0
 ## if any interfaces have been changed or removed. removal has
diff --git a/doc/dbus-specification.xml b/doc/dbus-specification.xml
index 7c04984f..282fb3b0 100644
--- a/doc/dbus-specification.xml
+++ b/doc/dbus-specification.xml
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@
        <authorinitials></authorinitials>
        <revremark></revremark>
      </revision>
+     <revision>
+       <revnumber>0.18</revnumber>
+       <date>29 July 2011</date>
+       <authorinitials>smcv</authorinitials>
+       <revremark>define eavesdropping, unicast, broadcast; add eavesdrop
+         match keyword; promote type system to a top-level section</revremark>
+     </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>0.17</revnumber>
        <date>1 June 2011</date>
@@ -4118,7 +4125,7 @@
                 <row>
                   <entry><literal>eavesdrop</literal></entry>
                   <entry><literal>'true'</literal>, <literal>'false'</literal></entry>
-                  <entry>Since D-Bus 1.5.UNRELEASED, match rules do not
+                  <entry>Since D-Bus 1.5.6, match rules do not
                     match messages which have a <literal>DESTINATION</literal>
                     field unless the match rule specifically
                     requests this