diff --git a/Installation/include/CGAL/version.h b/Installation/include/CGAL/version.h
index ea295e0720d4..022afef535ab 100644
--- a/Installation/include/CGAL/version.h
+++ b/Installation/include/CGAL/version.h
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 #define CGAL_VERSION_H
 
 #ifndef SWIG
-#define CGAL_VERSION 5.6
+#define CGAL_VERSION 5.6.1
 #define CGAL_GIT_HASH abcdef
 #endif
-#define CGAL_VERSION_NR 1050601000
+#define CGAL_VERSION_NR 1050611000
 #define CGAL_SVN_REVISION 99999
 #define CGAL_RELEASE_DATE 20230630
 
diff --git a/Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake b/Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake
index d75a86e2fb1c..e92fb01cfc01 100644
--- a/Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake
+++ b/Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 set(CGAL_MAJOR_VERSION 5)
 set(CGAL_MINOR_VERSION 6)
-set(CGAL_BUGFIX_VERSION 0)
+set(CGAL_BUGFIX_VERSION 1)
 include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CGALConfigBuildVersion.cmake)
-set(CGAL_VERSION_PUBLIC_RELEASE_VERSION "5.6")
+set(CGAL_VERSION_PUBLIC_RELEASE_VERSION "5.6.1")
 set(CGAL_VERSION_PUBLIC_RELEASE_NAME "CGAL-${CGAL_VERSION_PUBLIC_RELEASE_VERSION}")
 
 if (CGAL_BUGFIX_VERSION AND CGAL_BUGFIX_VERSION GREATER 0)