diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 8997d91e81c0..09d703f911dd 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ org.gradle.caching=true
 org.gradle.parallel=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs='-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8'
 org.gradle.workers.max=3
-version=1.2.56-SNAPSHOT
+version=1.2.56
 group=org.ballerinalang
 bootstrappedOn=1.1.0-alpha