diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0b02f7fa..15b414e3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [11.6.0] - 2023-09-18
+
 -   ktlint 1.0 support [#708](https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/ktlint-gradle/pull/708)
 -   Allow editorconfig overrides in ktlint 0.49+ [#708](https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/ktlint-gradle/pull/708)
 -   update latest version text file manually [#700](https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/ktlint-gradle/pull/700)
@@ -686,7 +688,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 -   Renamed task with name `ktlint` to `ktlintCheck` (#3)
 -   Renamed tasks with names `ktlint[source set name]` to `ktlint[source set name]Check` (#3)
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/ktlint-gradle/compare/v11.5.1...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/ktlint-gradle/compare/v11.6.0...HEAD
+
+[11.6.0]: https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/ktlint-gradle/compare/v11.5.1...v11.6.0
 
 [11.5.1]: https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/ktlint-gradle/compare/v11.5.0...v11.5.1
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0a2c1654..5e301a77 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 **Provides a convenient wrapper plugin over the [ktlint](https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint) project.**
 
 <!-- Note: if changing the line below, the `sed` command in the perform-release.yaml needs to be updated too -->
-Latest plugin version: [11.5.1](/CHANGELOG.md#---20230807)
+Latest plugin version: [11.6.0](/CHANGELOG.md#---20230918)
 
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diff --git a/plugin/VERSION_CURRENT.txt b/plugin/VERSION_CURRENT.txt
index 326ba189..146d5de7 100644
--- a/plugin/VERSION_CURRENT.txt
+++ b/plugin/VERSION_CURRENT.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-11.5.1
+11.6.0