diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index faa944f..7ecbe78 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [0.5.5a1](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-plugin-manager/tree/0.5.5a1) (2024-11-05)
+## [0.5.6a1](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-plugin-manager/tree/0.5.6a1) (2024-11-05)
 
-[Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-plugin-manager/compare/0.5.4...0.5.5a1)
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-plugin-manager/compare/0.5.5...0.5.6a1)
 
 **Merged pull requests:**
 
-- fix: gui extensions homescreen init [\#281](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-plugin-manager/pull/281) ([JarbasAl](https://github.com/JarbasAl))
+- fix: allow latest bus client version [\#283](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-plugin-manager/pull/283) ([JarbasAl](https://github.com/JarbasAl))
 
 
 
diff --git a/ovos_plugin_manager/version.py b/ovos_plugin_manager/version.py
index 2305072..d11e6b9 100644
--- a/ovos_plugin_manager/version.py
+++ b/ovos_plugin_manager/version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # START_VERSION_BLOCK
 VERSION_MAJOR = 0
 VERSION_MINOR = 5
-VERSION_BUILD = 5
-VERSION_ALPHA = 0
+VERSION_BUILD = 6
+VERSION_ALPHA = 1
 # END_VERSION_BLOCK
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index dac1e65..531877c 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ovos-utils>=0.2.1,<1.0.0
-ovos_bus_client>=0.0.8,<1.0.0
+ovos_bus_client>=0.0.8,<2.0.0
 ovos-config>=0.0.12,<1.0.0
 combo_lock~=0.2
 requests~=2.26