diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b2e0364981..b322afd185 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -7,20 +7,27 @@ What's New in astroid 2.12.0?
 Release date: TBA
 
 
-* Fix a bug where in attempting to handle the patching of ``distutils`` by ``virtualenv``,
-  library submodules called ``distutils`` (e.g. ``numpy.distutils``) were included also.
 
-  Refs PyCQA/pylint#6497
+
+What's New in astroid 2.11.6?
+=============================
+Release date: TBA
+
 
 
 What's New in astroid 2.11.5?
 =============================
-Release date: TBA
+Release date: 2022-05-09
 
 * Fix crash while obtaining ``object_type()`` of an ``Unknown`` node.
 
   Refs PyCQA/pylint#6539
 
+* Fix a bug where in attempting to handle the patching of ``distutils`` by ``virtualenv``,
+  library submodules called ``distutils`` (e.g. ``numpy.distutils``) were included also.
+
+  Refs PyCQA/pylint#6497
+
 What's New in astroid 2.11.4?
 =============================
 Release date: 2022-05-02
diff --git a/astroid/__pkginfo__.py b/astroid/__pkginfo__.py
index 28cabe3421..2baa8e49a7 100644
--- a/astroid/__pkginfo__.py
+++ b/astroid/__pkginfo__.py
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/astroid/blob/main/LICENSE
 # Copyright (c) https://github.com/PyCQA/astroid/blob/main/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
 
-__version__ = "2.11.4"
+__version__ = "2.11.5"
 version = __version__
diff --git a/tbump.toml b/tbump.toml
index 7307cbd24d..bd9d3c7681 100644
--- a/tbump.toml
+++ b/tbump.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 github_url = "https://github.com/PyCQA/astroid"
 
 [version]
-current = "2.11.4"
+current = "2.11.5"
 regex = '''
 ^(?P<major>0|[1-9]\d*)
 \.