diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index 8d6ea3350..ff1e5606d 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Latest changes
 
+## 0.56.1
+
 * Add link to advanced docs from tutorial. PR [#1512](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/1512) by [@kx-chen](https://github.com/kx-chen).
 * Remove internal unnecessary f-strings. PR [#1526](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/1526) by [@kotamatsuoka](https://github.com/kotamatsuoka).
 * Add translation to Chinese for [Query Parameters and String Validations - 查询参数和字符串校验](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/zh/tutorial/query-params-str-validations/). PR [#1500](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/1500) by [@waynerv](https://github.com/waynerv).
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index a0244bfaf..8e56f22b4 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.56.0"
+__version__ = "0.56.1"
 
 from starlette import status