diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f58d69a..8a17e17 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.dv8tion</groupId>
             <artifactId>JDA</artifactId>
-            <version>5.5.1</version>
+            <version>5.6.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- JDA depends on SLF4J for logging -->
         <dependency>