Release v2.11.6
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c92eb88..e7e2db3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 NEWS file for libxml2
 
+v2.11.6: Nov 16 2023
+
+### Regressions
+
+- threads: Fix --with-thread-alloc
+- xinclude: Fix 'last' pointer in xmlXIncludeCopyNode
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+- parser: Fix potential use-after-free in xmlParseCharDataInternal
+
+
 v2.11.5: Aug 9 2023
 
 ### Regressions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 718546c..d40f8dd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 m4_define([MAJOR_VERSION], 2)
 m4_define([MINOR_VERSION], 11)
-m4_define([MICRO_VERSION], 5)
+m4_define([MICRO_VERSION], 6)
 
 AC_INIT([libxml2],[MAJOR_VERSION.MINOR_VERSION.MICRO_VERSION])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([entities.c])