diff --git a/general/genlib/inih.xml b/general/genlib/inih.xml
index d58d9973b4..a72b4c4496 100644
--- a/general/genlib/inih.xml
+++ b/general/genlib/inih.xml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
   <!ENTITY inih-download-http
     "https://github.com/benhoyt/inih/archive/r&inih-version;/inih-r&inih-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY inih-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY inih-md5sum        "6e30f691d4b47385bf6804091987a76b">
+  <!ENTITY inih-md5sum        "e27e394554d9f339b728035a5766d8f3">
   <!ENTITY inih-size          "20 KB">
-  <!ENTITY inih-buildsize     "700 KB">
+  <!ENTITY inih-buildsize     "704 KB">
   <!ENTITY inih-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
 ]>
 
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ cd    build &amp;&amp;
 meson --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &amp;&amp;
 ninja</userinput></screen>
 
+<!-- Note.  There is a tests directoy.  If we do:
+  cd ../tests
+  sh unittest.sh
+The tests seem to be run, but there is no output or log.
+-->
     <para>
       This package does not come with a test suite.
     </para>
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index efeddd7d52..70e4947f36 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>July 17th, 2022</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to inih-r56. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;16787">#16787</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to MPlayer-1.5. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;16734">#16734</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index f1bea74112..9422ce7f6a 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 <!ENTITY icu-version                  "&icu-major;.&icu-minor;"><!-- .&icu-patch;-->
 <!ENTITY icu-dl-version               "&icu-major;_&icu-minor;"><!-- _&icu-patch;-->
 
-<!ENTITY inih-version                 "55">
+<!ENTITY inih-version                 "56">
 <!ENTITY iso-codes-version            "4.10.0">
 <!ENTITY jansson-version              "2.14">
 <!--<!ENTITY JS52-version                 "52.2.1gnome1">-->