diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index ed69e3a43..6a04dfc4b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Version 5.6.3 (2023-07-12)
+--------------------------
+Databricks Loader: allow any character in catalog name (#1288)
+Bump nimbus-jose-jwt to 9.31 (#1291)
+Bump snappy-java to 1.1.10.1 (#1291)
+Bump json-smart to 2.4.9 (#1291)
+
 Version 5.6.2 (2023-07-10)
 --------------------------
 Fix pattern matching on known exception for alter table failures (#1283)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bda453bb3..926a85837 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 [build-image]: https://github.com/snowplow/snowplow-rdb-loader/workflows/CI/badge.svg
 [build]: https://github.com/snowplow/snowplow-rdb-loader/actions/workflows/ci.yml
 
-[release-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/release-5.6.2-blue.svg?style=flat
+[release-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/release-5.6.3-blue.svg?style=flat
 [releases]: https://github.com/snowplow/snowplow-rdb-loader/releases
 
 [license-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache--2-blue.svg?style=flat