diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 1e970e3d..8c6cc54f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
 Magic Set Editor changelog, for the details see `git log`
 ==============================================================================
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+version 2.5.6 (Unofficial), 2024-10-01
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Note that this skips some minor versions due to a series of releases off another fork.
+The intention here is to realign with those.
+
+Features:
+ * In program card preview applies DPI factor to normalize scaling. (@G-e-n-e-v-e-n-s-i-S, haganbmj#90)
+ * Additional script functions, blending, exists_in. (@G-e-n-e-v-e-n-s-i-S)
+ * Add globally scoped script variables. (@CajunAvenger, haganbmj#95)
+
+Bug fixes:
+ * Except symbol-fonts from package dependency checks. (@G-e-n-e-v-e-n-s-i-S, G-e-n-e-v-e-n-s-i-S#13)
+ * Prevent empty card list crash (@CajunAvenger, haganbmj#94)
+
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 version 2.5.0 (Unofficial), 2024-08-23
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 84eea3de..eb1382ce 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 
-project(magicseteditor VERSION 2.5.0)
+project(magicseteditor VERSION 2.5.6)
 add_definitions(-DUNOFFICIAL_BUILD)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)