diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 7445663..fcc0a54 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -140,16 +140,6 @@ jobs:
           pip install -U pip
           pip install -U setuptools wheel twine cffi
 
-      - name: Build AccessControl (3.11)
-        if: ${{ startsWith(matrix.python-version, '3.11') }}
-        run: |
-          # Next, build the wheel *in place*. This helps ccache, and also lets us cache the configure
-          # output (pip install uses a random temporary directory, making this difficult).
-          python setup.py build_ext -i
-          python setup.py bdist_wheel
-          # Also install it, so that we get dependencies in the (pip) cache.
-          pip install -U 'faulthandler; python_version == "2.7" and platform_python_implementation == "CPython"'
-          pip install --pre .[test]
       - name: Build AccessControl (Python 3.10 on MacOS)
         if: >
           startsWith(runner.os, 'Mac')
@@ -196,7 +186,6 @@ jobs:
           && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
           && startsWith(runner.os, 'Mac')
           && !startsWith(matrix.python-version, 'pypy')
-          && !startsWith(matrix.python-version, '3.11')
         env:
           TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TWINE_PASSWORD }}
         run: |
@@ -253,21 +242,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: AccessControl-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}.whl
           path: dist/
-      - name: Install AccessControl 3.11
-        if: ${{ startsWith(matrix.python-version, '3.11') }}
-        run: |
-          pip install -U wheel setuptools
-          # coverage has a wheel on PyPI for a future python version which is
-          # not ABI compatible with the current one, so build it from sdist:
-          pip install -U --no-binary :all: coverage
-          pip install -U 'faulthandler; python_version == "2.7" and platform_python_implementation == "CPython"'
-          # Unzip into src/ so that testrunner can find the .so files
-          # when we ask it to load tests from that directory. This
-          # might also save some build time?
-          unzip -n dist/AccessControl-*whl -d src
-          pip install --pre -U -e .[test]
       - name: Install AccessControl
-        if: ${{ !startsWith(matrix.python-version, '3.11') }}
         run: |
           pip install -U wheel setuptools
           pip install -U coverage
diff --git a/.manylinux-install.sh b/.manylinux-install.sh
index 4c8d765..ffff9cf 100755
--- a/.manylinux-install.sh
+++ b/.manylinux-install.sh
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ tox_env_map() {
     case $1 in
         *"cp27"*) echo 'py27';;
         *"cp35"*) echo 'py35';;
-        *"cp311"*) echo 'py311';;
         *"cp36"*) echo 'py36';;
         *"cp37"*) echo 'py37';;
         *"cp38"*) echo 'py38';;
         *"cp39"*) echo 'py39';;
         *"cp310"*) echo 'py310';;
+        *"cp311"*) echo 'py311';;
         *) echo 'py';;
     esac
 }
@@ -51,13 +51,8 @@ for PYBIN in /opt/python/*/bin; do
        [[ "${PYBIN}" == *"cp38"* ]] || \
        [[ "${PYBIN}" == *"cp39"* ]] || \
        [[ "${PYBIN}" == *"cp310"* ]] ; then
-        if [[ "${PYBIN}" == *"cp311"* ]] ; then
-            "${PYBIN}/pip" install --pre -e /io/
-            "${PYBIN}/pip" wheel /io/ --pre -w wheelhouse/
-        else
-            "${PYBIN}/pip" install -e /io/
-            "${PYBIN}/pip" wheel /io/ -w wheelhouse/
-        fi
+        "${PYBIN}/pip" install -e /io/
+        "${PYBIN}/pip" wheel /io/ -w wheelhouse/
         if [ `uname -m` == 'aarch64' ]; then
           cd /io/
           ${PYBIN}/pip install tox
diff --git a/.meta.toml b/.meta.toml
index ae69747..386b085 100644
--- a/.meta.toml
+++ b/.meta.toml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 # https://github.com/zopefoundation/meta/tree/master/config/c-code
 [meta]
 template = "c-code"
-commit-id = "70229255d495a945324228b50ee735cc75e01430"
+commit-id = "b4dd6f9ffd3d6a2cde7dc70512c62d4c7ed22cd6"
 
 [python]
 with-appveyor = true
 with-windows = false
 with-pypy = false
-with-future-python = true
+with-future-python = false
 with-legacy-python = true
 with-sphinx-doctests = false
 
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 858b85d..8193112 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Changelog
 
 For changes before version 3.0, see ``HISTORY.rst``.
 
-5.6 (unreleased)
+5.6 (2022-11-03)
 ----------------
 
 - Add support for final Python 3.11 release.
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 2e5a174..14f2491 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ environment:
     - python: 39-x64
     - python: 310
     - python: 310-x64
-    # `multibuild` cannot install non-final versions as they are not on
-    # ftp.python.org, so we skip Python 3.11 until its final release:
     - python: 311
     - python: 311-x64
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f1c32b6..4c18642 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
                  join('include', 'Acquisition', 'Acquisition.h')]),
 ]
 
-version = '5.6.dev0'
+version = '5.6'
 
 
 setup(name='AccessControl',
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 258d985..b743a85 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ envlist =
 
 [testenv]
 usedevelop = true
-pip_pre = py311: true
 deps =
 setenv =
     pure: PURE_PYTHON=1