diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index d979a61821..2e974b6d8f 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ The new features in LyX 1.6 are detailed in
 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX16
 
 The file RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues with this release
-compared to the current stable release (LyX 1.5.5). An updated list of
+compared to the current stable release (LyX 1.5.6). An updated list of
 issues might later be found at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes
 
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ which yields smaller files):
 	ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.6.0rc1.tar.bz2
 
 Note that due to the amount of change, no patch is provided to upgrade
-from version 1.5.5.
+from version 1.5.6.
 
 Prebuilt binaries (rpms for linux distributions, Mac OS X and Windows
 installers) should soon be available at