diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index fb7d70467..c73091e88 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 MSAL Wiki : https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-android/wiki
-
-vNext
+Version 5.6.0
 ----------
--[MINOR] Moving OS version check for passkeys (#2138)
--[PATCH] Fix Native Auth authority data being persisted across different SDK instances (#2159)
+- [PATCH] Update common @18.0.0
+- [MINOR] Moving OS version check for passkeys (#2138)
+- [PATCH] Fix Native Auth authority data being persisted across different SDK instances (#2159)
 
 Version 5.5.0
 ---------
diff --git a/common b/common
index 9b7999fe9..a97e11e53 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9b7999fe92603a37f67d73e6ed9e912ba5f91ac7
+Subproject commit a97e11e532ea1eaf3c71ff7a1dc491ed9d520c6b
diff --git a/msal/build.gradle b/msal/build.gradle
index 7eae5c6e9..60378bdeb 100644
--- a/msal/build.gradle
+++ b/msal/build.gradle
@@ -188,12 +188,12 @@ task sourcesJar(type: Jar) {
 
 // In dev, we want to keep the dependencies (common4j, common) to 1.0.+ to be able to be consumed by daily dev pipeline.
 // In release/*, we change these to specific versions being consumed.
-def commonVersion = "1.0.+"
+def commonVersion = "18.0.0"
 if (project.hasProperty("distCommonVersion")) {
     commonVersion = project.distCommonVersion
 }
 // Used for testfixtures
-def common4jVersion = "1.0.+"
+def common4jVersion = "15.0.0"
 if (project.hasProperty("distCommon4jVersion")) {
     distCommon4jVersion = project.distCommon4jVersion
 }
diff --git a/msal/versioning/version.properties b/msal/versioning/version.properties
index 35f8b1f0d..b0d276e52 100644
--- a/msal/versioning/version.properties
+++ b/msal/versioning/version.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #Wed Aug 01 15:24:11 PDT 2018
-versionName=5.5.0
+versionName=5.6.0
 versionCode=0
diff --git a/msalautomationapp/build.gradle b/msalautomationapp/build.gradle
index 0d6aa746c..b31b07caf 100644
--- a/msalautomationapp/build.gradle
+++ b/msalautomationapp/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
 apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
 
-def msalVersion = "5.5.0"
+def msalVersion = "5.6.0"
 
 if (project.hasProperty("distMsalVersion")) {
     msalVersion = distMsalVersion