diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index 86cf6ba2c7..2903457573 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ languages:
       description: |
         'newest-version' is the latest version known to work when
         building Kata
-      newest-version: "1.54.0"
+      newest-version: "1.56.0"
 
 specs:
   description: "Details of important specifications"