diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2fd45ef0f8..ef3b22c0c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Versioned according to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [2.56.0] - 2023-10-13
+
 Changed:
 
   * A separate logging dir tree structure for the modules (processing servers, processing workers, processor servers, mets servers, processing jobs). Configurable with env variable `OCRD_NETWORK_LOGS_ROOT_DIR`, #1111
@@ -1850,6 +1852,7 @@ Fixed
 Initial Release
 
 <!-- link-labels -->
+[2.56.0]: ../../compare/v2.56.0..v2.55.2
 [2.55.2]: ../../compare/v2.55.2..v2.55.1
 [2.55.1]: ../../compare/v2.55.1..v2.55.0
 [2.55.0]: ../../compare/v2.55.0..v2.54.0
diff --git a/ocrd_utils/setup.py b/ocrd_utils/setup.py
index 58b6c59748..af64abc8f6 100644
--- a/ocrd_utils/setup.py
+++ b/ocrd_utils/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='ocrd_utils',
-    version='2.55.2',
+    version='2.56.0',
     description='OCR-D framework - shared code, helpers, constants',
     long_description=open('README.md').read(),
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',