diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 51528a6d..f14c9f2e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## master (unreleased)
 
-## 0.55.5 (2025-04-28)
+## 0.55.6 (2025-04-28)
 
 * Bump `orchard` to [0.34.3](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/orchard/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#0343-2025-04-28).
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6778c87f..efa1bae8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ deploy: check-env target/srcdeps
 	fi
 	rm -f .no-mranderson
 	export PROJECT_VERSION=$$(echo "$(CIRCLE_TAG)" | sed 's/^v//'); \
-	echo "$$PROJECT_VERSION" > resources/cider/nrepl/version.edn; \
+	echo "\"$$PROJECT_VERSION\"" > resources/cider/nrepl/version.edn; \
 	lein with-profile -user,-dev,-provided,+$(CLOJURE_VERSION),+plugin.mranderson/config deploy clojars
 
 check-env:
diff --git a/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/compatibility.adoc b/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/compatibility.adoc
index dfea079c..65a53518 100644
--- a/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/compatibility.adoc
+++ b/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/compatibility.adoc
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ given compatibility tuple.
 | 1.9
 | 1.0.0
 
-| 0.55.5
+| 0.55.6
 | 8
 | 1.10
 | 1.0.0
diff --git a/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/usage.adoc b/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/usage.adoc
index e0138ce2..8bf2ae51 100644
--- a/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/usage.adoc
+++ b/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/usage.adoc
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ Use the convenient plugin for defaults, either in your project's
 
 [source,clojure]
 ----
-:plugins [[cider/cider-nrepl "0.55.5"]]
+:plugins [[cider/cider-nrepl "0.55.6"]]
 ----
 
 A minimal `profiles.clj` for CIDER would be:
 
 [source,clojure]
 ----
-{:user {:plugins [[cider/cider-nrepl "0.55.5"]]}}
+{:user {:plugins [[cider/cider-nrepl "0.55.6"]]}}
 ----
 
 Or (if you know what you're doing) add `cider-nrepl` to your `:dev
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ under `:repl-options`.
 
 [source,clojure]
 ----
-:dependencies [[cider/cider-nrepl "0.55.5"]]
+:dependencies [[cider/cider-nrepl "0.55.6"]]
 :repl-options {:nrepl-middleware
                  [cider.nrepl/wrap-apropos
                   cider.nrepl/wrap-classpath
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ You can easily boot an nREPL server with the CIDER middleware loaded
 with the following "magic" incantation:
 
 ----
-clj -Sdeps '{:deps {cider/cider-nrepl {:mvn/version "0.55.5"} }}' -M -m nrepl.cmdline --middleware "[cider.nrepl/cider-middleware]"
+clj -Sdeps '{:deps {cider/cider-nrepl {:mvn/version "0.55.6"} }}' -M -m nrepl.cmdline --middleware "[cider.nrepl/cider-middleware]"
 ----
 
 There are also two convenient aliases you can employ:
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ There are also two convenient aliases you can employ:
 {...
  :aliases
  {:cider-clj {:extra-deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.10.3"}
-                           cider/cider-nrepl {:mvn/version "0.55.5"}}
+                           cider/cider-nrepl {:mvn/version "0.55.6"}}
               :main-opts ["-m" "nrepl.cmdline" "--middleware" "[cider.nrepl/cider-middleware]"]}
 
   :cider-cljs {:extra-deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.10.3"}
                             org.clojure/clojurescript {:mvn/version "1.10.339"}
-                            cider/cider-nrepl {:mvn/version "0.55.5"}
+                            cider/cider-nrepl {:mvn/version "0.55.6"}
                             cider/piggieback {:mvn/version "0.5.2"}}
                :main-opts ["-m" "nrepl.cmdline" "--middleware"
                            "[cider.nrepl/cider-middleware,cider.piggieback/wrap-cljs-repl]"]}}}