diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 41d6055bf611a..15163375943a9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 dnl require autoconf 2.60 (AS_ECHO/AS_ECHO_N)
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 5)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 5)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 99)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 6)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_RC, 0)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, false)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, true)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2024)
 AC_INIT([PIVX Core],m4_join([.], _CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, _CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, _CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, m4_if(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, [0], [], _CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD))m4_if(_CLIENT_VERSION_RC, [0], [], [rc]_CLIENT_VERSION_RC),[https://github.com/pivx-project/pivx/issues],[pivx],[https://www.pivx.org/])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/validation.cpp])
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
index d5f13c3c528d6..adf1f26442ce1 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-name: "pivx-linux-6.0"
+name: "pivx-linux-5.6"
 enable_cache: true
 distro: "ubuntu"
 suites:
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
index a5c8edcdff118..6cae4dd415cc5 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-name: "pivx-osx-6.0"
+name: "pivx-osx-5.6"
 enable_cache: true
 distro: "ubuntu"
 suites:
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
index 94e02839c06d9..732d129f6d615 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-name: "pivx-win-6.0"
+name: "pivx-win-5.6"
 enable_cache: true
 distro: "ubuntu"
 suites: