diff --git a/eng/composer.lock b/eng/composer.lock
index c0e3c2a..913d8a7 100644
--- a/eng/composer.lock
+++ b/eng/composer.lock
@@ -299,15 +299,15 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "wpackagist-plugin/akismet",
-            "version": "5.3.7",
+            "version": "5.6",
             "source": {
                 "type": "svn",
                 "url": "https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/akismet/",
-                "reference": "tags/5.3.7"
+                "reference": "tags/5.6"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/akismet.5.3.7.zip"
+                "url": "https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/akismet.5.6.zip"
             },
             "require": {
                 "composer/installers": "^1.0 || ^2.0"