diff --git a/site/changelog.md b/site/changelog.md
index 132381eefa..9600cdb8de 100644
--- a/site/changelog.md
+++ b/site/changelog.md
@@ -38,6 +38,20 @@ published separately.
     <th class="centre">Release Notes</th>
   </tr>
 
+  <tr>
+    <td class="centre">3.11.6</td>
+    <td class="centre">5 January 2023</td>
+    <td>
+      <ul>
+        <li>Bug fixes</li>
+        <li>Optimizations</li>
+      </ul>
+    </td>
+    <td class="centre">
+      <a href="https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v3.11.6">Release notes</a>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+
   <tr>
     <td class="centre">3.11.5</td>
     <td class="centre">14 December 2022</td>
diff --git a/site/news.xml b/site/news.xml
index 058f00e103..8c6258d3ee 100644
--- a/site/news.xml
+++ b/site/news.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,40 @@ limitations under the License.
      will give you a suitable RFC 3339 value.
     -->
 
+    <doc:item>
+      <doc:date iso="2023-01-05T14:00:00+00:00">5 January 2023</doc:date>
+      <doc:title>RabbitMQ 3.11.6 release</doc:title>
+      <doc:link>https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v3.11.6</doc:link>
+      <doc:text>
+        <p>
+          The RabbitMQ team is pleased to announce the release of RabbitMQ 3.11.6,
+          a maintenance release in the <a href="https://blog.rabbitmq.com/tags/v3.11.x/">RabbitMQ 3.11.x</a> series.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          This is a maintenance release that contains bug fixes and usability improvements.
+          Release notes can be found <a href="./changelog.html">in the change log</a>.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          This release <a href="which-erlang.html">requires Erlang/OTP 25.0</a>.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Binary builds and packages of the new release can be found on <a href="https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/">GitHub</a>,
+          <a href="https://cloudsmith.io/~rabbitmq/repos/rabbitmq-server/packages/">Cloudsmith</a>, or <a href="https://packagecloud.io/rabbitmq">Package Cloud</a>.
+          See <a href="https://rabbitmq.com/download.html">RabbitMQ installation guides</a> to learn more.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          We encourage all users of earlier versions of RabbitMQ to upgrade to this latest release.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          As always, we welcome any questions, bug reports, and other feedback
+          on this release, as well as general suggestions for features and
+          enhancements in future releases. Contact us via the
+          <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/rabbitmq-users">rabbitmq-users</a>
+          Google group or <a href="https://rabbitmq-slack.herokuapp.com/">RabbitMQ community Slack</a>.
+        </p>
+      </doc:text>
+    </doc:item>
+
     <doc:item>
       <doc:date iso="2022-12-14T14:00:00+00:00">14 December 2022</doc:date>
       <doc:title>RabbitMQ 3.11.5 release</doc:title>
diff --git a/site/rabbit.ent b/site/rabbit.ent
index 8628af6f53..da858ef821 100644
--- a/site/rabbit.ent
+++ b/site/rabbit.ent
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 <!ENTITY version-java-client "5.16.0">
 <!ENTITY version-dotnet-client "6.3.0">
-<!ENTITY version-server "3.11.5">
+<!ENTITY version-server "3.11.6">
 <!ENTITY version-server-series "v3.11.x">
-<!ENTITY version-erlang-client "3.11.5">
-<!ENTITY version-server-tag "v3.11.5">
+<!ENTITY version-erlang-client "3.11.6">
+<!ENTITY version-server-tag "v3.11.6">
 
 <!ENTITY serverDebMinorVersion "1">
 <!ENTITY serverRPMMinorVersion "1">
diff --git a/site/which-erlang.md b/site/which-erlang.md
index 209c990bb2..a36442fbde 100644
--- a/site/which-erlang.md
+++ b/site/which-erlang.md
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ For RabbitMQ releases that have reached end of life, see [Unsupported Series Com
   <tr>
     <td>
       <ul>
+        <li>3.11.6</li>
         <li>3.11.5</li>
         <li>3.11.4</li>
         <li>3.11.3</li>