diff --git a/operations/helm/charts/mimir-distributed/CHANGELOG.md b/operations/helm/charts/mimir-distributed/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/operations/helm/charts/mimir-distributed/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ Entries should include a reference to the Pull Request that introduced the chang
 
 ## main / unreleased
 
+## 5.6.0-rc.0
+
 * [CHANGE] Update rollout-operator version to 0.20.0. #9995
 * [CHANGE] Remove the `track_sizes` feature for Memcached pods since it is unused. #10032
 * [FEATURE] Add support for GEM's federation-frontend. See the `federation_frontend` section in the values file. #9673