diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f5a844a7..151c332e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+-   update latest version text file manually [#700](https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/ktlint-gradle/pull/700)
+
 ## [11.5.1] - 2023-08-07
 
 -   Fix custom rulesets not loading from classpath [#698](https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/ktlint-gradle/pull/698)
diff --git a/plugin/VERSION_LATEST_RELEASE.txt b/plugin/VERSION_LATEST_RELEASE.txt
index 7ef69813..326ba189 100644
--- a/plugin/VERSION_LATEST_RELEASE.txt
+++ b/plugin/VERSION_LATEST_RELEASE.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-11.5.0
+11.5.1