diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 279b6372..1939ab5a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.56.0 – 2023-11-30
+
+- `generate_figure` now takes plotting options as single argument
+
 ## 1.55.23 – 2023-11-23
 
 - Add CloudnetException
diff --git a/cloudnetpy/version.py b/cloudnetpy/version.py
index d616f041..d3fe27ae 100644
--- a/cloudnetpy/version.py
+++ b/cloudnetpy/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 MAJOR = 1
-MINOR = 55
-PATCH = 23
+MINOR = 56
+PATCH = 0
 __version__ = f"{MAJOR}.{MINOR}.{PATCH}"