diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 139971b71..dea7938e3 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ pgbackrest/test/test.pl --vm-out --module=common --test=wait
                 
     P00   INFO: P1-T1/1 - vm=none, module=common, test=wait
                 
-        P00   INFO: test command begin 2.55.0: [common/wait] --log-level=info --no-log-timestamp --repo-path=/home/vagrant/test/repo --scale=1 --test-path=/home/vagrant/test --vm=none --vm-id=0
+        P00   INFO: test command begin 2.55.1: [common/wait] --log-level=info --no-log-timestamp --repo-path=/home/vagrant/test/repo --scale=1 --test-path=/home/vagrant/test --vm=none --vm-id=0
         P00   INFO: test command end: completed successfully
         run 1 - waitNew(), waitMore, and waitFree()
                       L0018     expect AssertError: assertion 'waitTime <= 999999000' failed
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 420959718..dca14254a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 pgBackRest is a reliable backup and restore solution for PostgreSQL that seamlessly scales up to the largest databases and workloads.
 
-pgBackRest [v2.55.0](https://github.com/pgbackrest/pgbackrest/releases/tag/release/2.55.0) is the current stable release. Release notes are on the [Releases](http://www.pgbackrest.org/release.html) page.
+pgBackRest [v2.55.1](https://github.com/pgbackrest/pgbackrest/releases/tag/release/2.55.1) is the current stable release. Release notes are on the [Releases](http://www.pgbackrest.org/release.html) page.
 
 Please give us a star on [GitHub](https://github.com/pgbackrest/pgbackrest) if you like pgBackRest!
 
diff --git a/doc/xml/auto/metric-coverage-report.auto.xml b/doc/xml/auto/metric-coverage-report.auto.xml
index 54e4ec79c..d61660bfb 100644
--- a/doc/xml/auto/metric-coverage-report.auto.xml
+++ b/doc/xml/auto/metric-coverage-report.auto.xml
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
 <table-row>
     <table-cell>config</table-cell>
     <table-cell>93/93 (100.0%)</table-cell>
-    <table-cell>1002/1002 (100.0%)</table-cell>
+    <table-cell>1004/1004 (100.0%)</table-cell>
     <table-cell>1625/1625 (100.0%)</table-cell>
 </table-row>
 
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
     <table-cell>storage/s3</table-cell>
     <table-cell>29/29 (100.0%)</table-cell>
     <table-cell>186/186 (100.0%)</table-cell>
-    <table-cell>580/580 (100.0%)</table-cell>
+    <table-cell>579/579 (100.0%)</table-cell>
 </table-row>
 
 <table-row>
@@ -358,6 +358,6 @@
 <table-row>
     <table-cell>TOTAL</table-cell>
     <table-cell>1684/1684 (100.0%)</table-cell>
-    <table-cell>10771/10772 (99.99%)</table-cell>
-    <table-cell>25231/25231 (100.0%)</table-cell>
+    <table-cell>10773/10774 (99.99%)</table-cell>
+    <table-cell>25230/25230 (100.0%)</table-cell>
 </table-row>
diff --git a/doc/xml/release.xml b/doc/xml/release.xml
index 30b8ac653..08c3d608d 100644
--- a/doc/xml/release.xml
+++ b/doc/xml/release.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE doc SYSTEM "doc.dtd" [
     <!ENTITY v2.56.0 SYSTEM "release/2025/2.56.0.xml">
+    <!ENTITY v2.55.1 SYSTEM "release/2025/2.55.1.xml">
     <!ENTITY v2.55.0 SYSTEM "release/2025/2.55.0.xml">
     <!ENTITY v2.54.2 SYSTEM "release/2025/2.54.2.xml">
     <!ENTITY v2.54.1 SYSTEM "release/2024/2.54.1.xml">
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@
 
     <release-list>
         &v2.56.0;
+        &v2.55.1;
         &v2.55.0;
         &v2.54.2;
         &v2.54.1;
diff --git a/doc/xml/release/2025/2.55.1.xml b/doc/xml/release/2025/2.55.1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c71f71552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/xml/release/2025/2.55.1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<release date="2025-05-05" version="2.55.1" title="Bug Fixes">
+    <release-core-list>
+        <release-bug-list>
+            <release-item>
+                <github-issue id="2613"/>
+                <github-pull-request id="2615"/>
+
+                <release-item-contributor-list>
+                    <release-item-ideator id="frank.brendel"/>
+                    <release-item-contributor id="david.steele"/>
+                    <release-item-reviewer id="david.christensen"/>
+                </release-item-contributor-list>
+
+                <p>Revert <quote>calculate content-md5 on S3 only when required</quote>.</p>
+            </release-item>
+
+            <release-item>
+                <github-issue id="2610"/>
+                <github-pull-request id="2611"/>
+
+                <release-item-contributor-list>
+                    <release-item-ideator id="wolfgang.walther"/>
+                    <release-item-contributor id="david.steele"/>
+                    <release-item-reviewer id="david.christensen"/>
+                    <release-item-reviewer id="wolfgang.walther"/>
+                </release-item-contributor-list>
+
+                <p>Fix lower bounds checking for option keys.</p>
+            </release-item>
+        </release-bug-list>
+    </release-core-list>
+</release>
diff --git a/doc/xml/release/2025/2.56.0.xml b/doc/xml/release/2025/2.56.0.xml
index 16cd87b5f..7e608fa96 100644
--- a/doc/xml/release/2025/2.56.0.xml
+++ b/doc/xml/release/2025/2.56.0.xml
@@ -1,32 +1,2 @@
 <release date="XXXX-XX-XX" version="2.56.0dev" title="UNDER DEVELOPMENT">
-    <release-core-list>
-        <release-bug-list>
-            <release-item>
-                <github-issue id="2613"/>
-                <github-pull-request id="2615"/>
-
-                <release-item-contributor-list>
-                    <release-item-ideator id="frank.brendel"/>
-                    <release-item-contributor id="david.steele"/>
-                    <release-item-reviewer id="david.christensen"/>
-                </release-item-contributor-list>
-
-                <p>Revert <quote>calculate content-md5 on S3 only when required</quote>.</p>
-            </release-item>
-
-            <release-item>
-                <github-issue id="2610"/>
-                <github-pull-request id="2611"/>
-
-                <release-item-contributor-list>
-                    <release-item-ideator id="wolfgang.walther"/>
-                    <release-item-contributor id="david.steele"/>
-                    <release-item-reviewer id="david.christensen"/>
-                    <release-item-reviewer id="wolfgang.walther"/>
-                </release-item-contributor-list>
-
-                <p>Fix lower bounds checking for option keys.</p>
-            </release-item>
-        </release-bug-list>
-    </release-core-list>
 </release>
diff --git a/test/code-count/file-type.yaml b/test/code-count/file-type.yaml
index f3944cf56..d4740e803 100644
--- a/test/code-count/file-type.yaml
+++ b/test/code-count/file-type.yaml
@@ -663,6 +663,10 @@ doc/xml/release/2025/2.55.0.xml:
   class: doc/source
   type: xml
 
+doc/xml/release/2025/2.55.1.xml:
+  class: doc/source
+  type: xml
+
 doc/xml/release/2025/2.56.0.xml:
   class: doc/source
   type: xml