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 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 
-project(Moore VERSION 56.1
+project(Moore VERSION 56.2
         LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 # Enable testing with CTest/CDash
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/v56r2.md b/ReleaseNotes/v56r2.md
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+2025-02-13 Moore v56r2
+===
+
+This version uses
+Allen [v5r2](../../../../Allen/-/tags/v5r2),
+Rec [v37r2](../../../../Rec/-/tags/v37r2),
+Lbcom [v36r3](../../../../Lbcom/-/tags/v36r3),
+LHCb [v56r3](../../../../LHCb/-/tags/v56r3),
+Detector [v2r3](../../../../Detector/-/tags/v2r3),
+Gaudi [v39r2](../../../../Gaudi/-/tags/v39r3) and
+LCG [105c](http://lcginfo.cern.ch/release/105c/) .
+
+
+This version is released on the `master` branch.
+Built relative to Moore [v56r1](/../../tags/v56r1), with the following changes:
+
+### New features ~"new feature"
+
+- Upstream project highlights :star:
+
+
+### Fixes ~"bug fix" ~workaround
+
+- Upstream project highlights :star:
+
+
+### Enhancements ~enhancement
+
+- Overlap improvements, !4327 (@nskidmor)
+- Upstream project highlights :star:
+
+
+### Code cleanups and changes to tests ~modernisation ~cleanup ~testing
+
+- Add some additional arm specific refs, !4301 (@jonrob)
+- Compare CPU and GPU decoding for Plume, !2034 (@espedica) [#379]
+- Upstream project highlights :star:
+
+### Other
+
+- ~selection | Summary of B2CC MRs Since October 2024, !3827 (@yimingli)
+- Update References for: LHCb!4913, Moore!4327, DaVinci!1230 based on lhcb-master-mr/12587, !4364 (@lhcbsoft)
+- Update References for: Moore!4331 based on lhcb-master-mr/12555, !4357 (@lhcbsoft)
+- Fixed validator of test_lbexec_hlt2_pp_2024_noflagging_mc, !4351 (@sponce)
+- Fixed documentation after move of code from HLT2Conf to RecoConf, !4344 (@sponce)
+- Fixed order of input files in tests using mdf_input_and_conds, !4331 (@sponce)
+- Update References for: Rec!3399 based on lhcb-master-mr/12533, !4274 (@lhcbsoft)
+- [QEE] Collection MR for further line optimisations 2025, !4140 (@lugrazet)
+- Synchronize master branch with 2024-patches, !4088 (@clemenci)
+- Tiny manual ref fix for allen_gaudi_downstream_with_mcchecking (was missing in..., !4346 (@sponce)
+- Hlt2_pp_commissioning_data_production - Use fixed geom tag, !4337 (@jonrob)
+- Update References for: Rec!3813 based on lhcb-master-mr/12440, !4330 (@lhcbsoft)
+- Update References for: Rec!4213 based on lhcb-master-mr/12430, !4307 (@lhcbsoft)
+- Update References for: Detector!667 based on lhcb-master-mr/12409, !4291 (@lhcbsoft)
+- [RTA/DPA BW tests]: Minor maintenance / revive qmtests, !4248 (@rjhunter) [#902]
+- [RTADPA BW Tests] Partially revive Hlt1 bandwidth test (and revive qmtest), !4223 (@lugrazet)
+- Update track_refitting module to include PV coordinate shift helper function, !4210 (@ldufour)
+- Ft pseudo hiteff, !4071 (@yihou)
+- Fix monitoring of single jet lines, !4014 (@thboettc)
+- Update interactive-dst.py, !4309 (@nskidmor)
+- Update References for: Allen!1856 based on lhcb-master-mr/12363, !4303 (@lhcbsoft)
+- Overlap changes post discussion, !4294 (@nskidmor)
+- Fix build in pipeline, !4288 (@jonrob)
+- Partly fixed calomon, !4286 (@zejia)
+- Test options for Run 3 SK interactive-dst, !4277 (@nskidmor)
+- Use fitted velo tracks for tracking efficiencies, !4256 (@ldufour)