diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index d8f2f8804..4678f78e4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -2,8 +2,22 @@
 List of major changes and improvements between releases
 =======================================================
 
-Yosys 0.55 .. Yosys 0.56-dev
+Yosys 0.55 .. Yosys 0.56
 --------------------------
+ * New commands and options
+    - Added "-unescape" option to "rename" pass.
+    - Added "-assert2cover" option to "chformal" pass.
+    - Added "linecoverage" pass to generate lcov report from selection.
+    - Added "opt_hier" pass to enable hierarchical optimization.
+    - Added "-hieropt" option to "synth" pass.
+    - Added "-expect-return", "-err-grep" and "-suffix" options
+      to "bugpoint" pass.
+    - Added "raise_error" dev pass.
+
+ * Various
+    - Added groups to command reference documentation.
+    - Added bugpoint guide to documentation.
+    - verific: correctly reset Verific flags after import.
 
 Yosys 0.54 .. Yosys 0.55
 --------------------------
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 506f6a99c..8de1e54eb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ ifeq ($(OS), Haiku)
 CXXFLAGS += -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE
 endif
 
-YOSYS_VER := 0.55+209
+YOSYS_VER := 0.56
 YOSYS_MAJOR := $(shell echo $(YOSYS_VER) | cut -d'.' -f1)
 YOSYS_MINOR := $(shell echo $(YOSYS_VER) | cut -d'.' -f2 | cut -d'+' -f1)
 YOSYS_COMMIT := $(shell echo $(YOSYS_VER) | cut -d'+' -f2)
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ endif
 OBJS = kernel/version_$(GIT_REV).o
 
 bumpversion:
-	sed -i "/^YOSYS_VER := / s/+[0-9][0-9]*$$/+`git log --oneline 60f126c.. | wc -l`/;" Makefile
+#	sed -i "/^YOSYS_VER := / s/+[0-9][0-9]*$$/+`git log --oneline 60f126c.. | wc -l`/;" Makefile
 
 ABCMKARGS = CC="$(CXX)" CXX="$(CXX)" ABC_USE_LIBSTDCXX=1 ABC_USE_NAMESPACE=abc VERBOSE=$(Q)
 
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 7cdea5df1..ebec6915e 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import os
 project = 'YosysHQ Yosys'
 author = 'YosysHQ GmbH'
 copyright ='2025 YosysHQ GmbH'
-yosys_ver = "0.55"
+yosys_ver = "0.56"
 
 # select HTML theme
 html_theme = 'furo-ys'