diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e604f92..aea3270 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,19 @@ All notable changes to the Nextcloud MCP Server will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [PEP 440](https://peps.python.org/pep-0440/).
 
+## v0.56.0 (2025-12-19)
+
+### Feat
+
+- **ci**: add --increment flag to bump scripts for manual version control
+
+### Fix
+
+- **astrolabe**: add contents:write permission to appstore workflow
+- **astrolabe**: update commitizen pattern to properly update info.xml version
+- **astrolabe**: prevent workflow failure when only helm/astrolabe commits exist
+- **astrolabe**: info.xml
+
 ## v0.55.1 (2025-12-19)
 
 ### Fix
diff --git a/charts/nextcloud-mcp-server/Chart.yaml b/charts/nextcloud-mcp-server/Chart.yaml
index bf241fa..a8b2380 100644
--- a/charts/nextcloud-mcp-server/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/nextcloud-mcp-server/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: nextcloud-mcp-server
 description: A Helm chart for Nextcloud MCP Server - enables AI assistants to interact with Nextcloud
 type: application
 version: 0.54.0
-appVersion: "0.55.1"
+appVersion: "0.56.0"
 keywords:
   - nextcloud
   - mcp
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 46b2960..f308c7b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "nextcloud-mcp-server"
-version = "0.55.1"
+version = "0.56.0"
 description = "Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Nextcloud integration - enables AI assistants to interact with Nextcloud data"
 authors = [
     {name = "Chris Coutinho", email = "chris@coutinho.io"}
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index e1ed205..389e582 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1988,7 +1988,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nextcloud-mcp-server"
-version = "0.55.1"
+version = "0.56.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "aiosqlite" },