diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 71b008751e..8e1313cd80 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module(
     name = "iceoryx",
-    version = "2.95.5",
+    version = "2.95.6",
 )
 
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.7.1")
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5f262ae9f8..1c8bf27185 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.95.5
+2.95.6
diff --git a/cmake/package/package.cmake b/cmake/package/package.cmake
index a93788dd61..f66a6f3817 100644
--- a/cmake/package/package.cmake
+++ b/cmake/package/package.cmake
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
-set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.5")
+set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.6")
 
 project(iceoryx_package VERSION ${IOX_VERSION_STRING})
 
diff --git a/doc/aspice_swe3_4/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/aspice_swe3_4/CMakeLists.txt
index fe25e0e024..82182068ce 100644
--- a/doc/aspice_swe3_4/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/aspice_swe3_4/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.5")
+set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.6")
 
 project(iceoryx_doc VERSION ${IOX_VERSION_STRING})
 
diff --git a/iceoryx_binding_c/CMakeLists.txt b/iceoryx_binding_c/CMakeLists.txt
index 88c57a9127..792ff0f428 100644
--- a/iceoryx_binding_c/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/iceoryx_binding_c/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.5")
+set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.6")
 
 project(iceoryx_binding_c VERSION ${IOX_VERSION_STRING})
 
diff --git a/iceoryx_binding_c/cmake/iceoryx_binding_cConfigVersion.cmake b/iceoryx_binding_c/cmake/iceoryx_binding_cConfigVersion.cmake
index ddd0b11ce8..ec5eed9b7f 100644
--- a/iceoryx_binding_c/cmake/iceoryx_binding_cConfigVersion.cmake
+++ b/iceoryx_binding_c/cmake/iceoryx_binding_cConfigVersion.cmake
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 ########## dummyConfig.cmake to be able to use find_package with a specific version with the source tree ##########
 #
 
-set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.5")
+set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.6")
 set(PACKAGE_VERSION ${IOX_VERSION_STRING})
 
 if(PACKAGE_VERSION VERSION_LESS PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION)
diff --git a/iceoryx_binding_c/package.xml b/iceoryx_binding_c/package.xml
index 92ba3c73a9..7177c40814 100644
--- a/iceoryx_binding_c/package.xml
+++ b/iceoryx_binding_c/package.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format3.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="3">
     <name>iceoryx_binding_c</name>
-    <version>2.95.5</version>
+    <version>2.95.6</version>
     <description>Eclipse iceoryx inter-process-communication (IPC) middleware C-Language Binding</description>
     <maintainer email="iceoryx-oss-support@apex.ai">Eclipse Foundation, Inc.</maintainer>
     <license>Apache 2.0</license>
diff --git a/iceoryx_hoofs/CMakeLists.txt b/iceoryx_hoofs/CMakeLists.txt
index 6cb30455e9..11021d1753 100644
--- a/iceoryx_hoofs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/iceoryx_hoofs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.5")
+set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.6")
 
 project(iceoryx_hoofs VERSION ${IOX_VERSION_STRING})
 
diff --git a/iceoryx_hoofs/cmake/iceoryx_hoofsConfigVersion.cmake b/iceoryx_hoofs/cmake/iceoryx_hoofsConfigVersion.cmake
index ddd0b11ce8..ec5eed9b7f 100644
--- a/iceoryx_hoofs/cmake/iceoryx_hoofsConfigVersion.cmake
+++ b/iceoryx_hoofs/cmake/iceoryx_hoofsConfigVersion.cmake
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 ########## dummyConfig.cmake to be able to use find_package with a specific version with the source tree ##########
 #
 
-set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.5")
+set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.6")
 set(PACKAGE_VERSION ${IOX_VERSION_STRING})
 
 if(PACKAGE_VERSION VERSION_LESS PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION)
diff --git a/iceoryx_hoofs/package.xml b/iceoryx_hoofs/package.xml
index 0bccdf2397..255eedfb40 100644
--- a/iceoryx_hoofs/package.xml
+++ b/iceoryx_hoofs/package.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format3.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="3">
     <name>iceoryx_hoofs</name>
-    <version>2.95.5</version>
+    <version>2.95.6</version>
     <description>Eclipse iceoryx inter-process-communication (IPC) middleware basic building blocks</description>
     <maintainer email="iceoryx-oss-support@apex.ai">Eclipse Foundation, Inc.</maintainer>
     <license>Apache 2.0</license>
diff --git a/iceoryx_integrationtest/package.xml b/iceoryx_integrationtest/package.xml
index b0dc464cf2..a99bca993f 100644
--- a/iceoryx_integrationtest/package.xml
+++ b/iceoryx_integrationtest/package.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format3.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="3">
   <name>iceoryx_integrationtest</name>
-  <version>2.95.5</version>
+  <version>2.95.6</version>
   <description>iceoryx Software Integrationtest</description>
     <maintainer email="iceoryx-oss-support@apex.ai">Eclipse Foundation, Inc.</maintainer>
     <license>Apache 2.0</license>
diff --git a/iceoryx_platform/CMakeLists.txt b/iceoryx_platform/CMakeLists.txt
index 819ae2fda9..a7562165eb 100644
--- a/iceoryx_platform/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/iceoryx_platform/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.5")
+set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.6")
 project(iceoryx_platform VERSION ${IOX_VERSION_STRING})
 
 if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
diff --git a/iceoryx_platform/cmake/iceoryx_platformConfigVersion.cmake b/iceoryx_platform/cmake/iceoryx_platformConfigVersion.cmake
index ddd0b11ce8..ec5eed9b7f 100644
--- a/iceoryx_platform/cmake/iceoryx_platformConfigVersion.cmake
+++ b/iceoryx_platform/cmake/iceoryx_platformConfigVersion.cmake
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 ########## dummyConfig.cmake to be able to use find_package with a specific version with the source tree ##########
 #
 
-set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.5")
+set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.6")
 set(PACKAGE_VERSION ${IOX_VERSION_STRING})
 
 if(PACKAGE_VERSION VERSION_LESS PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION)
diff --git a/iceoryx_platform/package.xml b/iceoryx_platform/package.xml
index 074cce04fe..beaf7a8215 100644
--- a/iceoryx_platform/package.xml
+++ b/iceoryx_platform/package.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format3.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="3">
     <name>iceoryx_platform</name>
-    <version>2.95.5</version>
+    <version>2.95.6</version>
     <description>Eclipse iceoryx inter-process-communication (IPC) middleware platform</description>
     <maintainer email="iceoryx-oss-support@apex.ai">Eclipse Foundation, Inc.</maintainer>
     <license>Apache 2.0</license>
diff --git a/iceoryx_posh/CMakeLists.txt b/iceoryx_posh/CMakeLists.txt
index 7df3d7deb5..10f63684b3 100644
--- a/iceoryx_posh/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/iceoryx_posh/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.5")
+set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.6")
 
 project(iceoryx_posh VERSION ${IOX_VERSION_STRING})
 
diff --git a/iceoryx_posh/cmake/iceoryx_poshConfigVersion.cmake b/iceoryx_posh/cmake/iceoryx_poshConfigVersion.cmake
index ddd0b11ce8..ec5eed9b7f 100644
--- a/iceoryx_posh/cmake/iceoryx_poshConfigVersion.cmake
+++ b/iceoryx_posh/cmake/iceoryx_poshConfigVersion.cmake
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 ########## dummyConfig.cmake to be able to use find_package with a specific version with the source tree ##########
 #
 
-set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.5")
+set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.6")
 set(PACKAGE_VERSION ${IOX_VERSION_STRING})
 
 if(PACKAGE_VERSION VERSION_LESS PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION)
diff --git a/iceoryx_posh/package.xml b/iceoryx_posh/package.xml
index 630d249585..78929f69bc 100644
--- a/iceoryx_posh/package.xml
+++ b/iceoryx_posh/package.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format3.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="3">
     <name>iceoryx_posh</name>
-    <version>2.95.5</version>
+    <version>2.95.6</version>
     <description>Eclipse iceoryx inter-process-communication (IPC) middleware Posix Shared Memory Library and middleware daemon (RouDi)</description>
     <maintainer email="iceoryx-oss-support@apex.ai">Eclipse Foundation, Inc.</maintainer>
     <license>Apache 2.0</license>
diff --git a/tools/introspection/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/introspection/CMakeLists.txt
index 010ca1b14c..21eabb13a4 100644
--- a/tools/introspection/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/introspection/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.5")
+set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.6")
 
 project(iceoryx_introspection VERSION ${IOX_VERSION_STRING})
 
diff --git a/tools/introspection/cmake/iceoryx_introspectionConfigVersion.cmake b/tools/introspection/cmake/iceoryx_introspectionConfigVersion.cmake
index ddd0b11ce8..ec5eed9b7f 100644
--- a/tools/introspection/cmake/iceoryx_introspectionConfigVersion.cmake
+++ b/tools/introspection/cmake/iceoryx_introspectionConfigVersion.cmake
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 ########## dummyConfig.cmake to be able to use find_package with a specific version with the source tree ##########
 #
 
-set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.5")
+set(IOX_VERSION_STRING "2.95.6")
 set(PACKAGE_VERSION ${IOX_VERSION_STRING})
 
 if(PACKAGE_VERSION VERSION_LESS PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION)
diff --git a/tools/introspection/package.xml b/tools/introspection/package.xml
index ecc78ff319..2b00491cc2 100644
--- a/tools/introspection/package.xml
+++ b/tools/introspection/package.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format3.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="3">
     <name>iceoryx_introspection</name>
-    <version>2.95.5</version>
+    <version>2.95.6</version>
     <description>Eclipse iceoryx inter-process-communication (IPC) middleware introspection client</description>
     <maintainer email="iceoryx-oss-support@apex.ai">Eclipse Foundation, Inc.</maintainer>
     <license>Apache 2.0</license>