diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f7cae063a..54f01f8af 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
-metpx-sr3 (3.00.56rc3) unstable; urgency=medium
+metpx-sr3 (3.00.56) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * fix related to #1275 so "attempts 0" works for outages.
   * fix #1278 regression: ack failure loops forever.
   * fix #1271 AM charset issues, made some plugins more flexible.
   * fix #1266 complain when explicitly asked to start disabled config.
-
- -- SSC-5CD2310S60 <peter@bsqt.homeip.net>  Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:25:14 -0400
-
-metpx-sr3 (3.00.56rc2) unstable; urgency=medium
-
   * fix #1261 http performance regression.
   * fix #1270 invalid mirroring of relative symlinks when realpath is
     symlinked.  (requires next metpx-sr3c version 3.24.10rc2 ?3?)
@@ -18,11 +13,6 @@ metpx-sr3 (3.00.56rc2) unstable; urgency=medium
   * fix #1255 remove malformed useless error message.
   * incrementing github action version because of plaintive supplications
   * demoted false-alarm error message about missing subscriptions.json to debug.
-
- -- SSC-5CD2310S60 <peter@bsqt.homeip.net>  Fri, 25 Oct 2024 14:47:54 -0400
-
-metpx-sr3 (3.00.56rc1) unstable; urgency=medium
-
   * NEW option *recursion* option ( #1237 ) (actually restored, was removed.)
   * fix #1156 - NEW option *logDuplicates* 
   * NEW EXPERIMENTAL option: *logJson*
@@ -35,7 +25,7 @@ metpx-sr3 (3.00.56rc1) unstable; urgency=medium
   * fix #1199 - directory /  not interpreted properly.
   * fix #1246 delete source when no options given
 
- -- SSC-5CD2310S60 <peter@bsqt.homeip.net>  Tue, 08 Oct 2024 10:42:37 -0400
+ -- SSC-5CD2310S60 <peter@bsqt.homeip.net>  Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:25:14 -0400
 
 metpx-sr3 (3.00.55post1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/sarracenia/_version.py b/sarracenia/_version.py
index c5f7d4250..4c319678d 100755
--- a/sarracenia/_version.py
+++ b/sarracenia/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "3.00.56rc3"
+__version__ = "3.00.56"