diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8f51d6e4b9700699ff6b103feda47ffc11709e73..062824479b295bbf89f07fd2793a82ba7b7dcb46 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Changes between 3.5.5 and 3.5.6:
+------------------
+ * Fix crash on startup
+
 Changes between 3.5.4 and 3.5.5:
 ------------------
  * Target Android 34
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a6130683c8420577712d3a2f76c52a52c5de353c..82a9e64e6568b2d3fbc2e0c58b14f6a46177e71f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ allprojects {
 
 ext {
     appId = "org.videolan.vlc"
-    versionName = '3.5.5'
-    versionCode = 3050500
+    versionName = '3.5.6'
+    versionCode = 3050600
     libvlcVersion = '3.5.4-eap4'
     medialibraryVersion = '0.13.5-eap5'
     minSdkVersion = 17