diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a9c8a6c98..6b4296cc2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to **Pipecat** will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [0.0.56] - 2025-02-06
 
 ### Changed
 
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Fixed a `TkLocalTransport` and `LocalAudioTransport` issues that was causing
+  errors on cleanup.
+
 - Fixed an issue that was causing `tests.utils` import to fail because of
   logging setup.
 
diff --git a/src/pipecat/transports/local/audio.py b/src/pipecat/transports/local/audio.py
index 3801142e2..e8c8beaf4 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/transports/local/audio.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/transports/local/audio.py
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ async def cleanup(self):
         await super().cleanup()
         if self._in_stream:
             self._in_stream.stop_stream()
-            # This is not very pretty (taken from PyAudio docs).
-            while self._in_stream.is_active():
-                await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
             self._in_stream.close()
             self._in_stream = None
 
@@ -99,9 +96,6 @@ async def cleanup(self):
         await super().cleanup()
         if self._out_stream:
             self._out_stream.stop_stream()
-            # This is not very pretty (taken from PyAudio docs).
-            while self._out_stream.is_active():
-                await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
             self._out_stream.close()
 
     async def write_raw_audio_frames(self, frames: bytes):
diff --git a/src/pipecat/transports/local/tk.py b/src/pipecat/transports/local/tk.py
index 78e89bc91..40147d39f 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/transports/local/tk.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/transports/local/tk.py
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ async def cleanup(self):
         await super().cleanup()
         if self._in_stream:
             self._in_stream.stop_stream()
-            # This is not very pretty (taken from PyAudio docs).
-            while self._in_stream.is_active():
-                await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
             self._in_stream.close()
 
     def _audio_in_callback(self, in_data, frame_count, time_info, status):
@@ -113,9 +110,6 @@ async def cleanup(self):
         await super().cleanup()
         if self._out_stream:
             self._out_stream.stop_stream()
-            # This is not very pretty (taken from PyAudio docs).
-            while self._out_stream.is_active():
-                await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
             self._out_stream.close()
 
     async def write_raw_audio_frames(self, frames: bytes):