diff --git a/public/gatk-root/pom.xml b/public/gatk-root/pom.xml
index a7d20025c..389255731 100644
--- a/public/gatk-root/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gatk-root/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.intel.gkl</groupId>
                 <artifactId>gkl</artifactId>
-                <version>0.5.5</version>
+                <version>0.5.6</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>log4j</groupId>