diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b044c02b3..c1fd516dd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog 
 
-## Unreleased
+## 1.57.0
 
 ### API Changes
 
-- breaking change: removed deaddrop chat #2514
+- breaking change: removed deaddrop chat #2514 #2563
 
   Contact request chats are not merged into a single virtual
   "deaddrop" chat anymore. Instead, they are shown in the chatlist the
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
   `DC_EVENT_CONNECTIVITY_CHANGED` is emitted on changes
 
 - breaking change: removed `dc_accounts_import_account()`
-  Instead you need to add an account and call `dc_imex(DC_IMEX_IMPORT_BACKUP)` on its context
+  Instead you need to add an account and call `dc_imex(DC_IMEX_IMPORT_BACKUP)`
+  on its context
 
 - update account api, 2 new methods:
   `int dc_all_work_done (dc_context_t* context);`
@@ -49,24 +50,37 @@
   cffi: `int dc_msg_is_bot (const dc_msg_t* msg);`
   python: `Message.is_bot()`
 
-- `dc_context_t* dc_accounts_get_selected_account (dc_accounts_t* accounts);` now returns `NULL` if there is no selected account
+- `dc_context_t* dc_accounts_get_selected_account (dc_accounts_t* accounts);`
+  now returns `NULL` if there is no selected account
+
+- added `dc_accounts_maybe_network_lost()` for systems core cannot find out
+  connectivity loss on its own (eg. iOS) #2550
 
 ### Added
 - use Auto-Submitted: auto-generated header to identify bots #2502
 - allow sending stickers via repl tool
 - chat: make `get_msg_cnt()` and `get_fresh_msg_cnt()` work for deaddrop chat #2493
 - withdraw/revive own qr-codes #2512
-- add Connectivity view (a better api for getting the connection status) #2319
+- add Connectivity view (a better api for getting the connection status) #2319 #2549 #2542
 
 ### Changes
 - updated spec: new `Chat-User-Avatar` usage, `Chat-Content: sticker`, structure, copyright year #2480
+- update documentation #2548 #2561 #2569
 - breaking: `Accounts::create` does not also create an default account anymore #2500
-- remove "forwarded" from stickers, as the primary way of getting stickers is by asking a bot and then forwarding them currently #2526
+- remove "forwarded" from stickers, as the primary way of getting stickers
+  is by asking a bot and then forwarding them currently #2526
 - mimeparser: use mailparse to parse RFC 2231 filenames #2543
+- allow email addresses without dot in the domain part #2112
+- allow installing lib and include under different prefixes #2558
+- remove counter from name provided by `DC_CHAT_ID_ARCHIVED_LINK` #2566
+- improve tests #2487 #2491 #2497
+- refactorings #2492 #2503 #2504 #2506 #2515 #2520 #2567 #2575 #2577 #2579
+- improve ci #2494
+- update provider-database #2565
 
 ### Removed
-- remove dc_accounts_import_account() api #2521
-- `DC_EVENT_ERROR_NETWORK` and `DC_STR_SERVER_RESPONSE` #2319
+- remove `dc_accounts_import_account()` api #2521
+- remove `DC_EVENT_ERROR_NETWORK` and `DC_STR_SERVER_RESPONSE` #2319
 
 ### Fixes
 - allow stickers with gif-images #2481
@@ -77,10 +91,13 @@
 - set_draft's message-changed-event returns now draft's msg id instead of 0 #2304
 - avoid hiding outgoing classic emails #2505
 - fixes for message timestamps #2517
-- Do not process names, avatars, location XMLs, message signature
-etc. for duplicate messages. #2513
-- Fix `can_send` for users not in group #2479
-- Allow email addresses without dot in the domain part #2112
+- do not process names, avatars, location XMLs, message signature etc.
+  for duplicate messages #2513
+- fix `can_send` for users not in group #2479
+- fix receiving events for accounts added by `dc_accounts_add_account()` #2559
+- fix which chats messages are assigned to #2465
+- fix: don't create chats when MDNs are received #2578
+
 
 ## 1.56.0
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8336588b9..e96f7187e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.56.0"
+version = "1.57.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi_term",
  "anyhow",
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.56.0"
+version = "1.57.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-std",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 60ea43749..f11a339ec 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.56.0"
+version = "1.57.0"
 authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index 328f1dc4c..ceb2f461d 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.56.0"
+version = "1.57.0"
 description = "Deltachat FFI"
 authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
 edition = "2018"