diff --git a/version/rawversion/version.go b/version/rawversion/version.go
index 7c121fa3d3..506de48461 100644
--- a/version/rawversion/version.go
+++ b/version/rawversion/version.go
@@ -4,7 +4,4 @@ package rawversion
 //
 // This indirection is needed to prevent semver packages from bloating
 // Quadlet's binary size.
-//
-// NOTE: remember to bump the version at the top of the top-level README.md
-// file when this is bumped.
-const RawVersion = "5.5.0-dev"
+const RawVersion = "5.6.0-dev"
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 5bd86b1af2..bb35b6c73d 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ const (
 )
 
 // Version is the version of the build.
-// NOTE: remember to bump the version at the top
-// of the top-level README.md file when this is
-// bumped.
 var Version = semver.MustParse(rawversion.RawVersion)
 
 // See https://docs.docker.com/engine/api/v1.40/