diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 823372491..37a68fcda 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 #
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/phpList/phplist3.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/phpList/phplist3)
-[![Stable release](https://img.shields.io/badge/stable-3.5.4-blue.svg)](https://sourceforge.net/projects/phplist/files/phplist/)
+[![Stable release](https://img.shields.io/badge/stable-3.5.6-blue.svg)](https://sourceforge.net/projects/phplist/files/phplist/)
 [![License: AGPL v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-AGPL%20v3-blue.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0)
 <a href="http://translate.phplist.org/engage/phplist/?utm_source=widget">
 <img src="http://translate.phplist.org/widgets/phplist/-/svg-badge.svg" alt="Translation status" />
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 0fd55759a..e1ef33a8c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # file that keeps track of the latest tag in cvs and the corresponding version
 # this automates publishing a new version, when it's tagged
 # if you don't understand this, don't worry. You don't need this file
-VERSION=3.5.6-RC1
-DEVVERSION=3.5.6
+VERSION=3.5.6
+DEVVERSION=3.5.7