diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 403c8a7cbed9c3c4418db5d1eda22cef8b262605..32cff46319d88e8a41fcac2789a213d229ac5d45 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.374 2004-10-11 17:22:56 geuzaine Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile,v 1.375 2004-10-16 19:30:31 geuzaine Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (C) 1997-2004 C. Geuzaine, J.-F. Remacle
 #
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 include variables
 
 GMSH_MAJOR_VERSION = 1
-GMSH_MINOR_VERSION = 55
-GMSH_PATCH_VERSION = 6
+GMSH_MINOR_VERSION = 56
+GMSH_PATCH_VERSION = 0
 GMSH_EXTRA_VERSION = "-cvs"
 
 GMSH_VERSION = ${GMSH_MAJOR_VERSION}.${GMSH_MINOR_VERSION}.${GMSH_PATCH_VERSION}${GMSH_EXTRA_VERSION}
diff --git a/doc/VERSIONS b/doc/VERSIONS
index 2623d5e3cb713633ef762d7868518a907581457b..9928b7bb64911ba9a343c34439ca8136a95443bc 100644
--- a/doc/VERSIONS
+++ b/doc/VERSIONS
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-$Id: VERSIONS,v 1.253 2004-10-16 16:13:34 geuzaine Exp $
+$Id: VERSIONS,v 1.254 2004-10-16 19:30:31 geuzaine Exp $
 
-New since 1.55: new post-processing option to draw a scalar view
+New in 1.56: new post-processing option to draw a scalar view
 raised by a displacement view without using Plugin(DisplacementRaise)
 (makes drawing arbitrary scalar fields on deformed meshes much
 easier); better post-processing menu (arbitrary number of
diff --git a/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi b/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
index 0919bf83d4a42cef9c8922309e5871509fef3e8b..c319448118452a33571c7228ce665ea9a1be2c6c 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 \input texinfo.tex @c -*-texinfo-*-
-@c $Id: gmsh.texi,v 1.140 2004-10-15 17:38:03 geuzaine Exp $
+@c $Id: gmsh.texi,v 1.141 2004-10-16 19:30:31 geuzaine Exp $
 @c
 @c Copyright (C) 1997-2004 C. Geuzaine, J.-F. Remacle
 @c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 @c %**start of header
 @setfilename        gmsh.info
 @set EDITION        1.26
-@set GMSH-VERSION   1.55
+@set GMSH-VERSION   1.56
 @set GMSH-WEB       @uref{http://www.geuz.org/gmsh/}
 @set COPYRIGHT      @copyright{} 1997-2004 Christophe Geuzaine, Jean-Fran@,{c}ois Remacle
 @c