diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 1d1c2caa..828b4081 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
 ## 3.12.4
-Released 2017-mm-dd
+Released 2017-08-23
 
+Announcements:
+ - Upgrades camshaft to [0.56.0](https://github.com/CartoDB/camshaft/releases/tag/0.56.0).
 
 ## 3.12.3
 Released 2017-08-22
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a4bddced..462d9bdd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "body-parser": "~1.14.0",
-    "camshaft": "0.55.8",
+    "camshaft": "0.56.0",
     "cartodb-psql": "0.10.1",
     "cartodb-query-tables": "0.2.0",
     "cartodb-redis": "0.14.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f47cd66f..8876dea5 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ camelcase@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/camelcase/-/camelcase-3.0.0.tgz#32fc4b9fcdaf845fcdf7e73bb97cac2261f0ab0a"
 
-camshaft@0.55.8:
-  version "0.55.8"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/camshaft/-/camshaft-0.55.8.tgz#a289ee02598a764144d5a56fcceae964b425d63c"
+camshaft@0.56.0:
+  version "0.56.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/camshaft/-/camshaft-0.56.0.tgz#6adc8ae8e5b63638551ccca97cba8273642e4f1a"
   dependencies:
     async "^1.5.2"
     bunyan "1.8.1"
@@ -1747,7 +1747,32 @@ repeat-string@^1.5.2:
   version "1.6.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/repeat-string/-/repeat-string-1.6.1.tgz#8dcae470e1c88abc2d600fff4a776286da75e637"
 
-request@2.x, request@^2.81.0:
+request@2.x, request@^2.55.0, request@~2.79.0:
+  version "2.79.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/request/-/request-2.79.0.tgz#4dfe5bf6be8b8cdc37fcf93e04b65577722710de"
+  dependencies:
+    aws-sign2 "~0.6.0"
+    aws4 "^1.2.1"
+    caseless "~0.11.0"
+    combined-stream "~1.0.5"
+    extend "~3.0.0"
+    forever-agent "~0.6.1"
+    form-data "~2.1.1"
+    har-validator "~2.0.6"
+    hawk "~3.1.3"
+    http-signature "~1.1.0"
+    is-typedarray "~1.0.0"
+    isstream "~0.1.2"
+    json-stringify-safe "~5.0.1"
+    mime-types "~2.1.7"
+    oauth-sign "~0.8.1"
+    qs "~6.3.0"
+    stringstream "~0.0.4"
+    tough-cookie "~2.3.0"
+    tunnel-agent "~0.4.1"
+    uuid "^3.0.0"
+
+request@^2.69.0, request@^2.81.0:
   version "2.81.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/request/-/request-2.81.0.tgz#c6928946a0e06c5f8d6f8a9333469ffda46298a0"
   dependencies:
@@ -1774,31 +1799,6 @@ request@2.x, request@^2.81.0:
     tunnel-agent "^0.6.0"
     uuid "^3.0.0"
 
-request@^2.55.0, request@^2.69.0, request@~2.79.0:
-  version "2.79.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/request/-/request-2.79.0.tgz#4dfe5bf6be8b8cdc37fcf93e04b65577722710de"
-  dependencies:
-    aws-sign2 "~0.6.0"
-    aws4 "^1.2.1"
-    caseless "~0.11.0"
-    combined-stream "~1.0.5"
-    extend "~3.0.0"
-    forever-agent "~0.6.1"
-    form-data "~2.1.1"
-    har-validator "~2.0.6"
-    hawk "~3.1.3"
-    http-signature "~1.1.0"
-    is-typedarray "~1.0.0"
-    isstream "~0.1.2"
-    json-stringify-safe "~5.0.1"
-    mime-types "~2.1.7"
-    oauth-sign "~0.8.1"
-    qs "~6.3.0"
-    stringstream "~0.0.4"
-    tough-cookie "~2.3.0"
-    tunnel-agent "~0.4.1"
-    uuid "^3.0.0"
-
 require-directory@^2.1.1:
   version "2.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/require-directory/-/require-directory-2.1.1.tgz#8c64ad5fd30dab1c976e2344ffe7f792a6a6df42"