diff --git a/community/snapper/PKGBUILD b/community/snapper/PKGBUILD
index d5d047ef3..23d5adca4 100644
--- a/community/snapper/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/snapper/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 #  - pass LIBS="-lboost_thread -lboost_system" to configure to fix linking on ARM
 
 pkgname=snapper
-pkgver=0.5.4
-pkgrel=2
+pkgver=0.5.6
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="A tool for managing BTRFS and LVM snapshots. It can create, diff and restore snapshots and provides timelined auto-snapping."
 arch=('x86_64')
 url="http://snapper.io"
@@ -16,17 +16,12 @@ depends=('btrfs-progs' 'libxml2' 'dbus' 'boost-libs' 'acl')
 makedepends=('boost' 'lvm2' 'libxslt' 'docbook-xsl' 'pam' 'git' 'systemd')
 optdepends=('pam: pam_snapper')
 backup=('etc/conf.d/snapper')
-source=("ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.bz2"
-        'add-missing-pthread-library-for-server.patch')
-sha256sums=('5af181423fb2b272ad45c6a38501aad13f87f3efb0b3d37595b795ec1afab7f2'
-            '933c3f6c4974885a015951906aba7771c5785e520b3d8f3619a92c2186bc6019')
+source=("ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.bz2")
+sha256sums=('12bec02f1b1b1b8e88a44083312cba1971e2af3f79df94af59430db7e31ba78b')
 
 prepare() {
   cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
 
-  # https://github.com/openSUSE/snapper/pull/409
-  patch -Np1 -i ../add-missing-pthread-library-for-server.patch
-
   # cron names
   sed -e 's@suse.de-snapper@snapper@g' -i scripts/Makefile.am