diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a1c287d..eaad739 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SOURCES/gobject-introspection-1.50.0.tar.xz
+SOURCES/gobject-introspection-1.56.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/.gobject-introspection.metadata b/.gobject-introspection.metadata
index 3ccfe20..41efd4c 100644
--- a/.gobject-introspection.metadata
+++ b/.gobject-introspection.metadata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5907f70bd275dceb4d3cb825ddce82cb1fdb4242 SOURCES/gobject-introspection-1.50.0.tar.xz
+eef277357cf724bc521f203f0d47faaea2ae4f0c SOURCES/gobject-introspection-1.56.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/SPECS/gobject-introspection.spec b/SPECS/gobject-introspection.spec
index 3e63a6f..f52512b 100644
--- a/SPECS/gobject-introspection.spec
+++ b/SPECS/gobject-introspection.spec
@@ -1,31 +1,30 @@
-%global glib2_version 2.50.0
+%global glib2_version 2.56.1
 
 Name:           gobject-introspection
-Version:        1.50.0
+Version:        1.56.1
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Introspection system for GObject-based libraries
 
 License:        GPLv2+, LGPLv2+, MIT
 URL:            https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GObjectIntrospection
-Source0:        https://download.gnome.org/sources/gobject-introspection/1.50/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
+Source0:        https://download.gnome.org/sources/gobject-introspection/1.56/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 
-BuildRequires:  glib2-devel >= %{glib2_version}
-BuildRequires:  python-devel >= 2.5
-BuildRequires:  gettext
-BuildRequires:  flex
 BuildRequires:  bison
-BuildRequires:  git
-BuildRequires:  libffi-devel
-BuildRequires:  mesa-libGL-devel
 BuildRequires:  cairo-gobject-devel
-BuildRequires:  libxml2-devel
-BuildRequires:  libXfixes-devel
-BuildRequires:  libX11-devel
+BuildRequires:  chrpath
+BuildRequires:  flex
 BuildRequires:  fontconfig-devel
-BuildRequires:  libXft-devel
 BuildRequires:  freetype-devel
+BuildRequires:  gettext
+BuildRequires:  glib2-devel >= %{glib2_version}
 BuildRequires:  gtk-doc
-# For doctool
+BuildRequires:  libffi-devel
+BuildRequires:  libX11-devel
+BuildRequires:  libXfixes-devel
+BuildRequires:  libXft-devel
+BuildRequires:  libxml2-devel
+BuildRequires:  mesa-libGL-devel
+BuildRequires:  python-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-mako
 
 Requires:       glib2%{?_isa} >= %{glib2_version}
@@ -37,30 +36,34 @@ typelib files, useful for creating language bindings among other
 things.
 
 %package devel
-Summary: Libraries and headers for gobject-introspection
-Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+Summary:        Libraries and headers for gobject-introspection
+Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 # Not always, but whatever, it's a tiny dep to pull in
-Requires: libtool
+Requires:       libtool
 # For g-ir-doctool
-Requires: python-mako
+Requires:       python-mako
 
 %description devel
 Libraries and headers for gobject-introspection
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -Sgit
+%autosetup -p1
 
 %build
 %configure --enable-gtk-doc --enable-doctool
-
-make %{?_smp_mflags} V=1
+%make_build
 
 %install
 %make_install
 
+# Remove lib64 rpaths
+chrpath --delete $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/g-ir-compiler
+chrpath --delete $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/g-ir-generate
+chrpath --delete $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/g-ir-inspect
+
 # Die libtool, die.
-find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -type f -name "*.la" -exec rm -f {} ';'
-find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -type f -name "*.a" -exec rm -f {} ';'
+find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -type f -name "*.la" -print -delete
+find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -type f -name "*.a" -print -delete
 
 %post -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
@@ -75,20 +78,21 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -type f -name "*.a" -exec rm -f {} ';'
 
 %files devel
 %{_libdir}/lib*.so
-%dir %{_libdir}/gobject-introspection
-%{_libdir}/gobject-introspection/*
+%{_libdir}/gobject-introspection/
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*
 %{_includedir}/*
 %{_bindir}/g-ir-*
 %{_datadir}/gir-1.0
-%dir %{_datadir}/gobject-introspection-1.0
-%{_datadir}/gobject-introspection-1.0/*
+%{_datadir}/gobject-introspection-1.0/
 %{_datadir}/aclocal/introspection.m4
 %{_mandir}/man1/*.gz
-%dir %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/gi
-%{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/gi/*
+%{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/gi/
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 09 2018 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 1.56.1-1
+- Update to 1.56.1
+- Resolves: #1569272
+
 * Wed Sep 28 2016 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 1.50.0-1
 - Update to 1.50.0
 - Resolves: #1386972