diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 824b7156..6d852aac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+-   update latest version text file manually [#716](https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/ktlint-gradle/pull/716)
+
 ## [11.6.1] - 2023-10-10
 
 -   fix "additionalEditorconfig not supported until ktlint 0.49" warning [#712](https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/ktlint-gradle/pull/712)
diff --git a/plugin/VERSION_LATEST_RELEASE.txt b/plugin/VERSION_LATEST_RELEASE.txt
index 146d5de7..1a31377d 100644
--- a/plugin/VERSION_LATEST_RELEASE.txt
+++ b/plugin/VERSION_LATEST_RELEASE.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-11.6.0
+11.6.1