diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 99985d02b..edb3c7736 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ Semantic versioning in our case means:
 - Adds `WPS481`: for statement not allowed in class and module scopes, #3520
 
 
+## 1.6.0
+
+### Features
+
+- Allows `/` string in `WPS226`, #3554
+
+
 ## 1.5.0
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/tests/test_visitors/test_ast/test_complexity/test_overuses/test_overused_string.py b/tests/test_visitors/test_ast/test_complexity/test_overuses/test_overused_string.py
index c505b0c89..f33281168 100644
--- a/tests/test_visitors/test_ast/test_complexity/test_overuses/test_overused_string.py
+++ b/tests/test_visitors/test_ast/test_complexity/test_overuses/test_overused_string.py
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ def test_string_type_annotations(
         r'"\n"',
         '""',
         '","',
+        '"/"',
         '"."',
         "'\"'",
         '"\'"',
diff --git a/wemake_python_styleguide/visitors/ast/complexity/overuses.py b/wemake_python_styleguide/visitors/ast/complexity/overuses.py
index 19e47aeda..b05dd543d 100644
--- a/wemake_python_styleguide/visitors/ast/complexity/overuses.py
+++ b/wemake_python_styleguide/visitors/ast/complexity/overuses.py
@@ -46,9 +46,11 @@ class StringOveruseVisitor(base.BaseNodeVisitor):
             '|',
             '"',
             "'",
+            '/',
             '...',
             b'"',
             b"'",
+            b'/',
             b' ',
             b'.',
             b',',