11 files changed, 51 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index e7d4f8f3a..05e6c9633 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ contributors:
 - Stéphane Wirtel <stephane@wirtel.be>: nonlocal-without-binding
 - Stephen Longofono <8992396+SLongofono@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Stanislav Levin <slev@altlinux.org>
+- Smixi <sismixx@hotmail.fr>
 - Sorin Sbarnea <ssbarnea@redhat.com>
 - Slavfox <slavfoxman@gmail.com>
 - Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com>
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/2/2.15/index.rst b/doc/whatsnew/2/2.15/index.rst
index 48c4479ba..beb563e4c 100644
--- a/doc/whatsnew/2/2.15/index.rst
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/2/2.15/index.rst
@@ -29,6 +29,54 @@ Marc Byrne became a maintainer, welcome to the team !
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+What's new in Pylint 2.15.6?
+----------------------------
+Release date: 2022-11-19
+
+
+False Positives Fixed
+---------------------
+
+- Fix false positive for ``unhashable-member`` when subclassing ``dict`` and
+  using the subclass as a dictionary key.
+
+  Closes #7501 (`#7501 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7501>`_)
+
+- ``unnecessary-list-index-lookup`` will not be wrongly emitted if
+  ``enumerate`` is called with ``start``.
+
+  Closes #7682 (`#7682 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7682>`_)
+
+- Don't warn about ``stop-iteration-return`` when using ``next()`` over
+  ``itertools.cycle``.
+
+  Closes #7765 (`#7765 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7765>`_)
+
+
+
+Other Bug Fixes
+---------------
+
+- Messages sent to reporter are now copied so a reporter cannot modify the
+  message sent to other reporters.
+
+  Closes #7214 (`#7214 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7214>`_)
+
+- Fixes edge case of custom method named ``next`` raised an astroid error.
+
+  Closes #7610 (`#7610 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7610>`_)
+
+- Fix crash that happened when parsing files with unexpected encoding starting
+  with 'utf' like ``utf13``.
+
+  Closes #7661 (`#7661 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7661>`_)
+
+- Fix a crash when a child class with an ``__init__`` method inherits from a
+  parent class with an ``__init__`` class attribute.
+
+  Closes #7742 (`#7742 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7742>`_)
+
+
 What's new in Pylint 2.15.5?
 ----------------------------
 Release date: 2022-10-21
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7214.bugfix b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7214.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index c91805e4b..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7214.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Message send to reporter are now copied so a reporter cannot modify the message sent to other reporters.
-
-Closes #7214
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7501.false_positive b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7501.false_positive
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c2d33a07..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7501.false_positive
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fix false positive for ``unhashable-member`` when subclassing ``dict`` and using the subclass as a dictionary key.
-
-Closes #7501
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7610.bugfix b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7610.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3eb49fcbb..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7610.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fixes edge case of custom method named ``next`` raised an astroid error.
-
-Closes #7610
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7661.bugfix b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7661.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e58c861b..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7661.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fix crash that happened when parsing files with unexpected encoding starting with 'utf' like ``utf13``.
-
-Closes #7661
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7682.false_positive b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7682.false_positive
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f94f447f..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7682.false_positive
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-``unnecessary-list-index-lookup`` will not be wrongly emitted if ``enumerate`` is called with ``start``.
-
-Closes #7682
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7742.bugfix b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7742.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e3c93089..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7742.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fix a crash when a child class with an ``__init__`` method inherits from a parent class with an ``__init__`` class attribute.
-
-Closes #7742
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7765.false_positive b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7765.false_positive
deleted file mode 100644
index de7c44c5a..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7765.false_positive
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Don't warn about ``stop-iteration-return`` when using ``next()`` over ``itertools.cycle``.
-
-Closes #7765
diff --git a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
index 07f0cd7c0..f8280c24d 100644
--- a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
+++ b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ It's updated via tbump, do not modify.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-__version__ = "2.15.5"
+__version__ = "2.15.6"
 
 
 def get_numversion_from_version(v: str) -> tuple[int, int, int]:
diff --git a/tbump.toml b/tbump.toml
index 04f96c9e1..dda83891d 100644
--- a/tbump.toml
+++ b/tbump.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 github_url = "https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint"
 
 [version]
-current = "2.15.5"
+current = "2.15.6"
 regex = '''
 ^(?P<major>0|[1-9]\d*)
 \.