diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 439d036bb3..2ff80cbbc0 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
   <email>gsherwood@squiz.net</email>
   <active>yes</active>
  </lead>
- <date>2020-04-17</date>
- <time>11:07:00</time>
+ <date>2020-08-10</date>
+ <time>14:49:00</time>
  <version>
   <release>3.5.6</release>
   <api>3.5.6</api>
@@ -2071,6 +2071,49 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
   </filelist>
  </phprelease>
  <changelog>
+  <release>
+   <version>
+    <release>3.5.6</release>
+    <api>3.5.6</api>
+   </version>
+   <stability>
+    <release>stable</release>
+    <api>stable</api>
+   </stability>
+   <date>2020-08-10</date>
+   <license uri="https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/blob/master/licence.txt">BSD License</license>
+   <notes>
+    - Added support for PHP 8.0 magic constant dereferencing
+      -- Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
+    - Added support for changes to the way PHP 8.0 tokenizes comments
+      -- The existing PHP 5-7 behaviour has been replicated for version 8, so no sniff changes are required
+      -- Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
+    - File::getMethodProperties() now detects the PHP 8.0 static return type
+      -- Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
+    - The PHP 8.0 static return type is now supported for arrow functions
+      -- Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
+    - The cache is no longer used if the list of loaded PHP extensions changes
+      -- Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
+    - Generic.NamingConventions.CamelCapsFunctionName no longer reports __serialize and __unserialize as invalid names
+      -- Thanks to Filip Š for the patch
+    - PEAR.NamingConventions.ValidFunctionName no longer reports __serialize and __unserialize as invalid names
+      -- Thanks to Filip Š for the patch
+    - Squiz.Scope.StaticThisUsage now detects usage of $this inside closures and arrow Functions
+      -- Thanks to Michał Bundyra for the patch
+    - Fixed bug #2877 : PEAR.Functions.FunctionCallSignature false positive for array of functions
+      -- Thanks to Vincent Langlet for the patch
+    - Fixed bug #2888 : PSR12.Files.FileHeader blank line error with multiple namespaces in one file
+    - Fixed bug #2926 : phpcs hangs when using arrow functions that return heredoc
+    - Fixed bug #2943 : Redundant semicolon added to a file when fixing PSR2.Files.ClosingTag.NotAllowed
+    - Fixed bug #2967 : Markdown generator does not output headings correctly
+      -- Thanks to Petr Bugyík for the patch
+    - Fixed bug #2977 : File::isReference() does not detect return by reference for closures
+      -- Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
+    - Fixed bug #2994 : Generic.Formatting.DisallowMultipleStatements false positive for FOR loop with no body
+    - Fixed bug #3033 : Error generated during tokenizing of goto statements on PHP 8
+      -- Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
+    </notes>
+  </release>
   <release>
    <version>
     <release>3.5.5</release>