diff --git a/helm/hpcc/Chart.yaml b/helm/hpcc/Chart.yaml
index eb3d3892fba..34c13dccf81 100644
--- a/helm/hpcc/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/hpcc/Chart.yaml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ type: application
 
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
-version: 9.2.55-closedown0
+version: 9.2.56-rc1
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application.
 
-appVersion: 9.2.55-closedown0
+appVersion: 9.2.56-rc1
diff --git a/helm/hpcc/templates/_helpers.tpl b/helm/hpcc/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 4e7f2574464..5bc151d9375 100644
--- a/helm/hpcc/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/helm/hpcc/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -1405,7 +1405,7 @@ kind: Service
 metadata:
   name: {{ $lvars.serviceName | quote }}
   labels:
-    helmVersion: 9.2.55-closedown0
+    helmVersion: 9.2.56-rc1
     {{- include "hpcc.addStandardLabels" (dict "root" $.root "instance" $lvars.serviceName ) | indent 4 }}
 {{- if $lvars.labels }}
 {{ toYaml $lvars.labels | indent 4 }}
diff --git a/helm/hpcc/templates/dafilesrv.yaml b/helm/hpcc/templates/dafilesrv.yaml
index 391601eca32..0590eca1755 100644
--- a/helm/hpcc/templates/dafilesrv.yaml
+++ b/helm/hpcc/templates/dafilesrv.yaml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ spec:
       labels:
         {{- include "hpcc.addStandardLabels" (dict "root" $ "component" "dafilesrv" "name" "dafilesrv" "instance" .name) | indent 8 }}
         server: {{ .name | quote }}
-        helmVersion: 9.2.55-closedown0
+        helmVersion: 9.2.56-rc1
       annotations:
         checksum/config: {{ $configSHA }}
         {{- include "hpcc.generateAnnotations" $commonCtx | indent 8 }}
diff --git a/helm/hpcc/templates/dali.yaml b/helm/hpcc/templates/dali.yaml
index c93139c9aaa..0954a065efe 100644
--- a/helm/hpcc/templates/dali.yaml
+++ b/helm/hpcc/templates/dali.yaml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ spec:
         run: {{ $dali.name | quote }}
         server: {{ $dali.name | quote }}
         app: dali
-        helmVersion: 9.2.55-closedown0
+        helmVersion: 9.2.56-rc1
 {{- if hasKey $.Values.global "metrics" }}
  {{- include "hpcc.generateMetricsReporterLabel" $.Values.global.metrics | nindent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/hpcc/templates/dfuserver.yaml b/helm/hpcc/templates/dfuserver.yaml
index a09587c73cc..001dc23bb88 100644
--- a/helm/hpcc/templates/dfuserver.yaml
+++ b/helm/hpcc/templates/dfuserver.yaml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ spec:
         {{- include "hpcc.addStandardLabels" (dict "root" $ "component" "dfuserver" "name" "dfuserver" "instance" .name) | indent 8 }}
         run: {{ .name | quote }}
         accessDali: "yes"
-        helmVersion: 9.2.55-closedown0
+        helmVersion: 9.2.56-rc1
 {{- if hasKey . "labels" }}
 {{ toYaml .labels | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/hpcc/templates/eclagent.yaml b/helm/hpcc/templates/eclagent.yaml
index 840a561f42d..0b54d7a80ce 100644
--- a/helm/hpcc/templates/eclagent.yaml
+++ b/helm/hpcc/templates/eclagent.yaml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ data:
             {{- include "hpcc.addStandardLabels" (dict "root" $ "component" $apptype "name" "eclagent" "instance" $appJobName "instanceOf" (printf "%s-job" .me.name)) | indent 12 }}
             accessDali: "yes"
             accessEsp: "yes"
-            helmVersion: 9.2.55-closedown0
+            helmVersion: 9.2.56-rc1
 {{- if hasKey .me "labels" }}
 {{ toYaml .me.labels | indent 12 }}
 {{- end }}
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ spec:
         run: {{ .name | quote }}
         accessDali: "yes"
         accessEsp: {{ .useChildProcesses | default false | ternary "yes" "no" | quote }}
-        helmVersion: 9.2.55-closedown0
+        helmVersion: 9.2.56-rc1
 {{- if hasKey . "labels" }}
 {{ toYaml .labels | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/hpcc/templates/eclccserver.yaml b/helm/hpcc/templates/eclccserver.yaml
index 5c956c7ed75..838c3298283 100644
--- a/helm/hpcc/templates/eclccserver.yaml
+++ b/helm/hpcc/templates/eclccserver.yaml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ data:
             {{- include "hpcc.addStandardLabels" (dict "root" $ "component" "eclccserver" "name" "eclccserver" "instance" $compileJobName "instanceOf" (printf "%s-job" .me.name)) | indent 12 }}
             accessDali: "yes"
             accessEsp: "yes"
-            helmVersion: 9.2.55-closedown0
+            helmVersion: 9.2.56-rc1
 {{- if hasKey .me "labels" }}
 {{ toYaml .me.labels | indent 12 }}
 {{- end }}
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ spec:
         run: {{ .name | quote }}
         accessDali: "yes"
         accessEsp: {{ .useChildProcesses | default false | ternary "yes" "no" | quote }}
-        helmVersion: 9.2.55-closedown0
+        helmVersion: 9.2.56-rc1
 {{- if hasKey . "labels" }}
 {{ toYaml .labels | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/hpcc/templates/eclscheduler.yaml b/helm/hpcc/templates/eclscheduler.yaml
index 753259bb9e8..53294aac319 100644
--- a/helm/hpcc/templates/eclscheduler.yaml
+++ b/helm/hpcc/templates/eclscheduler.yaml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ spec:
         run: {{ .name | quote }}
         accessDali: "yes"
         accessEsp: "no"
-        helmVersion: 9.2.55-closedown0
+        helmVersion: 9.2.56-rc1
 {{- if hasKey . "labels" }}
 {{ toYaml .labels | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/hpcc/templates/esp.yaml b/helm/hpcc/templates/esp.yaml
index ed0dcbfb776..0854156c471 100644
--- a/helm/hpcc/templates/esp.yaml
+++ b/helm/hpcc/templates/esp.yaml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ spec:
         accessSasha: "yes"
 {{- end }}
         app: {{ $application }}
-        helmVersion: 9.2.55-closedown0
+        helmVersion: 9.2.56-rc1
         {{- include "hpcc.addStandardLabels" (dict "root" $ "name" $application "component" "esp" "instance" .name) | indent 8 }}
 {{- if hasKey $.Values.global "metrics" }}
  {{- include "hpcc.generateMetricsReporterLabel" $.Values.global.metrics | nindent 8 }}
diff --git a/helm/hpcc/templates/localroxie.yaml b/helm/hpcc/templates/localroxie.yaml
index 988377d83b7..bdca6240967 100644
--- a/helm/hpcc/templates/localroxie.yaml
+++ b/helm/hpcc/templates/localroxie.yaml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ spec:
         server: {{ $servername | quote }}
         accessDali: "yes"
         accessEsp: "yes"
-        helmVersion: 9.2.55-closedown0
+        helmVersion: 9.2.56-rc1
         {{- include "hpcc.addStandardLabels" (dict "root" $ "component" "roxie-server" "name" "roxie" "instance" $roxie.name) | indent 8 }}
 {{- if hasKey . "labels" }}
 {{ toYaml .labels | indent 8 }}
diff --git a/helm/hpcc/templates/roxie.yaml b/helm/hpcc/templates/roxie.yaml
index 4115e66038d..54ec8840966 100644
--- a/helm/hpcc/templates/roxie.yaml
+++ b/helm/hpcc/templates/roxie.yaml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ spec:
         {{- include "hpcc.addStandardLabels" (dict "root" $ "component" "topology-server" "name" "roxie" "instance" $commonCtx.toponame) | indent 8 }}
         run: {{ $commonCtx.toponame | quote }}
         roxie-cluster: {{ $roxie.name | quote }}
-        helmVersion: 9.2.55-closedown0
+        helmVersion: 9.2.56-rc1
 {{- if hasKey $.Values.global "metrics" }}
  {{- include "hpcc.generateMetricsReporterLabel"  $.Values.global.metrics | nindent 8}}
 {{- end }}
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ kind: Service
 metadata:
   name: {{ $commonCtx.toponame | quote }}
   labels:
-    helmVersion: 9.2.55-closedown0
+    helmVersion: 9.2.56-rc1
     {{- include "hpcc.addStandardLabels" (dict "root" $ "component" "topology-server" "name" "roxie" "instance" $commonCtx.toponame) | indent 4 }}
 spec:
   ports:
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ spec:
         roxie-cluster: {{ $roxie.name | quote }}
         accessDali: "yes"
         accessEsp: "yes"
-        helmVersion: 9.2.55-closedown0
+        helmVersion: 9.2.56-rc1
         {{- include "hpcc.addStandardLabels" (dict "root" $ "component" "roxie-server" "name" "roxie" "instance" $servername) | indent 8 }}
 {{- if hasKey $.Values.global "metrics" }}
  {{- include "hpcc.generateMetricsReporterLabel" $.Values.global.metrics | nindent 8}}
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ spec:
         roxie-cluster: {{ $roxie.name | quote }}
         accessDali: "yes"
         accessEsp: "yes"
-        helmVersion: 9.2.55-closedown0
+        helmVersion: 9.2.56-rc1
 {{- if hasKey $.Values.global "metrics" }}
  {{- include "hpcc.generateMetricsReporterLabel" $.Values.global.metrics | nindent 8}}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/hpcc/templates/sasha.yaml b/helm/hpcc/templates/sasha.yaml
index 5f69c3793d5..f8a03941bc5 100644
--- a/helm/hpcc/templates/sasha.yaml
+++ b/helm/hpcc/templates/sasha.yaml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ spec:
         server: {{ $serviceName | quote }}
         app: sasha
         accessDali: {{ (has "dali" $sasha.access) | ternary "yes" "no" | quote }}
-        helmVersion: 9.2.55-closedown0
+        helmVersion: 9.2.56-rc1
 {{- if hasKey $sasha "labels" }}
 {{ toYaml $sasha.labels | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/hpcc/templates/thor.yaml b/helm/hpcc/templates/thor.yaml
index 0e477656da5..507ec5793ca 100644
--- a/helm/hpcc/templates/thor.yaml
+++ b/helm/hpcc/templates/thor.yaml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ data:
           labels:
             accessDali: "yes"
             accessEsp: "yes"
-            helmVersion: 9.2.55-closedown0
+            helmVersion: 9.2.56-rc1
             {{- include "hpcc.addStandardLabels" (dict "root" $ "component" "eclagent" "name" "thor" "instance" $eclAgentJobName "instanceOf" (printf "%s-job" .eclAgentName)) | indent 8 }}
 {{- if hasKey .me "labels" }}
 {{ toYaml .me.labels | indent 12 }}
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ data:
             accessEsp: "yes"
             app: "thor"
             component: "thormanager"
-            helmVersion: 9.2.55-closedown0
+            helmVersion: 9.2.56-rc1
             instance: "_HPCC_JOBNAME_"
             job: "_HPCC_JOBNAME_"
             {{- include "hpcc.addStandardLabels" (dict "root" $ "component" "thormanager" "name" "thor" "instance" $thorManagerJobName "instanceOf" (printf "%s-thormanager-job" .me.name)) | indent 12 }}
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ data:
             accessEsp: "yes"
             app: "thor"
             component: "thorworker"
-            helmVersion: 9.2.55-closedown0
+            helmVersion: 9.2.56-rc1
             instance: "_HPCC_JOBNAME_"
             job: "_HPCC_JOBNAME_"
             {{- include "hpcc.addStandardLabels" (dict "root" $ "component" "thorworker" "name" "thor" "instance" $thorWorkerJobName "instanceOf" (printf "%s-thorworker-job" .me.name)) | indent 12 }}
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ spec:
         accessEsp: {{ $commonCtx.eclAgentUseChildProcesses | ternary "yes" "no" | quote }}
         app: "thor"
         component: "thor-eclagent"
-        helmVersion: 9.2.55-closedown0
+        helmVersion: 9.2.56-rc1
         instance: {{ $commonCtx.eclAgentName | quote }}
         {{- include "hpcc.addStandardLabels" (dict "root" $ "component" "eclagent" "name" "thor" "instance" $commonCtx.eclAgentName ) | indent 8 }}
 {{- if hasKey $commonCtx.me "labels" }}
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ spec:
         accessEsp: "no"
         app: "thor"
         component: "thor-thoragent"
-        helmVersion: 9.2.55-closedown0
+        helmVersion: 9.2.56-rc1
         instance: {{ $commonCtx.thorAgentName | quote }}
         {{- include "hpcc.addStandardLabels" (dict "root" $ "component" "eclagent" "name" "thor" "instance" $commonCtx.thorAgentName ) | indent 8 }}
 {{- if hasKey $commonCtx.me "labels" }}
diff --git a/version.cmake b/version.cmake
index ab26f91674f..1214b8e1a4d 100644
--- a/version.cmake
+++ b/version.cmake
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ set ( HPCC_NAME "Community Edition" )
 set ( HPCC_PROJECT "community" )
 set ( HPCC_MAJOR 9 )
 set ( HPCC_MINOR 2 )
-set ( HPCC_POINT 55 )
-set ( HPCC_MATURITY "closedown" )
-set ( HPCC_SEQUENCE 0 )
-set ( HPCC_TAG_TIMESTAMP "2024-01-19T17:52:36Z" )
+set ( HPCC_POINT 56 )
+set ( HPCC_MATURITY "rc" )
+set ( HPCC_SEQUENCE 1 )
+set ( HPCC_TAG_TIMESTAMP "2024-01-25T17:24:24Z" )
 ###