From ff9602d5bea624a6aa05e64a3dea56499a9d7c52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:04:14 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Release 3.11.6 (#10000)

---
 CHANGES.rst             | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 CHANGES/9997.bugfix.rst |  1 -
 aiohttp/__init__.py     |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 CHANGES/9997.bugfix.rst

diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index cc03af28632..4a8fc39b1f5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,24 @@
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+3.11.6 (2024-11-19)
+===================
+
+Bug fixes
+---------
+
+- Restored the ``force_close`` method to the ``ResponseHandler`` -- by :user:`bdraco`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`9997`.
+
+
+
+
+----
+
+
 3.11.5 (2024-11-19)
 ===================
 
diff --git a/CHANGES/9997.bugfix.rst b/CHANGES/9997.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 2081ab6855b..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/9997.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Restored the ``force_close`` method to the ``ResponseHandler`` -- by :user:`bdraco`.
diff --git a/aiohttp/__init__.py b/aiohttp/__init__.py
index d4a9b99b54c..03f92752f81 100644
--- a/aiohttp/__init__.py
+++ b/aiohttp/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "3.11.6.dev0"
+__version__ = "3.11.6"
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Tuple