diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index abf17a0b..561c0e26 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 # the project line. When updating the version, check make_dist for all
 # the places it has to be updated.
 project(qpdf
-  VERSION 11.6.1
+  VERSION 11.6.2
   LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 # Enable correct rpath handling for MacOSX
diff --git a/include/qpdf/DLL.h b/include/qpdf/DLL.h
index 794363a7..3c27949e 100644
--- a/include/qpdf/DLL.h
+++ b/include/qpdf/DLL.h
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 /* The first version of qpdf to include the version constants is 10.6.0. */
 #define QPDF_MAJOR_VERSION 11
 #define QPDF_MINOR_VERSION 6
-#define QPDF_PATCH_VERSION 1
-#define QPDF_VERSION "11.6.1"
+#define QPDF_PATCH_VERSION 2
+#define QPDF_VERSION "11.6.2"
 
 /*
  * This file defines symbols that control the which functions,
diff --git a/manual/conf.py b/manual/conf.py
index ed9287d0..d6dd1f3f 100644
--- a/manual/conf.py
+++ b/manual/conf.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ project = 'QPDF'
 copyright = '2005-2023, Jay Berkenbilt'
 author = 'Jay Berkenbilt'
 # make_dist and the CI build lexically find the release version from this file.
-release = '11.6.1'
+release = '11.6.2'
 version = release
 extensions = [
     'sphinx_rtd_theme',
diff --git a/manual/release-notes.rst b/manual/release-notes.rst
index c07472e4..679e7f9c 100644
--- a/manual/release-notes.rst
+++ b/manual/release-notes.rst
@@ -35,6 +35,21 @@ Planned changes for future 12.x (subject to change):
 
 .. x.y.z: not yet released
 
+11.6.2: not yet released
+  - Bug fixes:
+
+    - Fix a very old bug that could cause qpdf to call an internal
+      ``finish`` function twice on certain stream decoding errors.
+      With certain incorrect input files, this could cause qpdf to
+      call gnutls or openssl 1 in a way that could cause them to
+      crash.
+
+  - Development changes:
+
+    - Control some ``.idea`` files for JetBrains CLion. We will be
+      iterating on making it easier to work with qpdf in CLion in
+      coming releases.
+
 11.6.1: September 5, 2023
   - Bug fixes: