diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4ee214ba..085d0a25 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [5.6.0] - 2025-10-03
+- Added support for shorttags in functions [#1005](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/1005)
+
+
 ## [5.5.2] - 2025-08-26
 
 
diff --git a/changelog/1142.md b/changelog/1142.md
deleted file mode 100644
index b937cfcc..00000000
--- a/changelog/1142.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-- Added support for shorttags in functions [#1005](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/1005)
diff --git a/src/Smarty.php b/src/Smarty.php
index efad0c1d..fbb7314d 100644
--- a/src/Smarty.php
+++ b/src/Smarty.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Smarty extends \Smarty\TemplateBase {
 	/**
 	 * smarty version
 	 */
-	const SMARTY_VERSION = '5.5.2';
+	const SMARTY_VERSION = '5.6.0';
 
 	/**
 	 * define caching modes