diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f111d412c..e30e1500a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# 15.6.0 (2026-XX-XX)
+
+## What's Changed
+* **chore(igx-ts, ng-schematics):** Updated Angular template and schematics package versions for the Ignite UI for Angular 22.1.0 release line (`@igniteui/angular-templates` and `@igniteui/angular-schematics` to `22.1.1560`) and aligned CLI package dependencies to `@igniteui/cli-core@15.6.0`.
+* **feat(mcp):** Added automation and guardrails for MCP documentation database build and publishing, including deterministic component metadata derivation, stronger validation gates, and safer staged artifact publishing. [#1777](https://github.com/IgniteUI/igniteui-cli/pull/1777)
+* **feat(mcp):** Enhanced documentation tooling: `list_components` is now TOC-grouped by default with `group`/`filter` options and `detail: "docs"` flat-mode compatibility, significantly reducing unfiltered response tokens. [#1778](https://github.com/IgniteUI/igniteui-cli/pull/1778)
+
 # 15.5.1 (2026-08-05)
 
 ## What's Changed
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 50b8c33d1..25150bb44 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "igniteui-cli",
-  "version": "15.5.1",
+  "version": "15.6.0",
   "description": "CLI tool for creating Ignite UI projects",
   "keywords": [
     "CLI",
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@
     "all": true
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@igniteui/angular-templates": "~22.0.1551",
-    "@igniteui/cli-core": "~15.5.1",
-    "@igniteui/mcp-server": "~15.5.1",
+    "@igniteui/angular-templates": "~22.1.1560",
+    "@igniteui/cli-core": "~15.6.0",
+    "@igniteui/mcp-server": "~15.6.0",
     "@inquirer/prompts": "^7.9.0",
     "chalk": "^5.3.0",
     "glob": "^11.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index b811d75d5..dbe8b2fc7 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@igniteui/cli-core",
-  "version": "15.5.1",
+  "version": "15.6.0",
   "description": "Base types and functionality for Ignite UI CLI",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/igniteui-mcp/igniteui-doc-mcp/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/igniteui-mcp/igniteui-doc-mcp/CHANGELOG.md
index 56e6e0c57..0e5f3c32d 100644
--- a/packages/igniteui-mcp/igniteui-doc-mcp/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/igniteui-mcp/igniteui-doc-mcp/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 See [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org) for commit guidelines.
 
-## Unreleased
+## 15.6.0 (2026-xx-xx)
 
 ### What's Changed
+* **chore(mcp):** Release version alignment for `@igniteui/mcp-server` as part of the 15.6.0 CLI release.
 * **feat(mcp):** `list_components` now returns a grouped index built from the published documentation TOC, cutting an unfiltered call from ~17–24k tokens to well under 4k. New `group` argument drills into one group with per-doc summaries; an unknown value answers with the valid group names. `detail: "docs"` returns the previous flat list unchanged.
 * **feat(mcp):** the documentation database gains additive `doc_toc` and `doc_groups` tables. The `docs` table and its FTS index are untouched. A server running against a database without them — or one where only some frameworks have been migrated — renders flat per framework, exactly as before.
 * **feat(mcp):** `build:db` now builds into a temporary file, wraps every mutation and its validation gates in one transaction, and publishes `dist/` → backend → `db/` only after the staged database passes. `npm run release:db` adds the whole-database gates a release requires.
diff --git a/packages/igniteui-mcp/igniteui-doc-mcp/package.json b/packages/igniteui-mcp/igniteui-doc-mcp/package.json
index 5def1f12e..cde5d40ca 100644
--- a/packages/igniteui-mcp/igniteui-doc-mcp/package.json
+++ b/packages/igniteui-mcp/igniteui-doc-mcp/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@igniteui/mcp-server",
   "mcpName": "io.github.IgniteUI/mcp-server",
-  "version": "15.5.1",
+  "version": "15.6.0",
   "description": "Unified MCP server for Ignite UI — documentation, GitHub API, and CLI scaffolding",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/igniteui-mcp/igniteui-doc-mcp/server.json b/packages/igniteui-mcp/igniteui-doc-mcp/server.json
index 30466cd41..46affdb28 100644
--- a/packages/igniteui-mcp/igniteui-doc-mcp/server.json
+++ b/packages/igniteui-mcp/igniteui-doc-mcp/server.json
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
     "source": "github",
     "url": "https://github.com/IgniteUI/igniteui-cli"
   },
-  "version": "15.5.1",
+  "version": "15.6.0",
   "packages": [
     {
       "registryType": "npm",
       "identifier": "@igniteui/mcp-server",
-      "version": "15.5.1",
+      "version": "15.6.0",
       "transport": {
         "type": "stdio"
       }
diff --git a/packages/igx-templates/constants.ts b/packages/igx-templates/constants.ts
index 336cc30ab..53ac3ffd0 100644
--- a/packages/igx-templates/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/igx-templates/constants.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const IGNITEUI_ANGULAR_PACKAGE = "igniteui-angular@~22.0.0";
+export const IGNITEUI_ANGULAR_PACKAGE = "igniteui-angular@~22.1.0";
diff --git a/packages/igx-templates/igx-ts/projects/_base/files/package.json b/packages/igx-templates/igx-ts/projects/_base/files/package.json
index e13496490..1a800a5f6 100644
--- a/packages/igx-templates/igx-ts/projects/_base/files/package.json
+++ b/packages/igx-templates/igx-ts/projects/_base/files/package.json
@@ -11,17 +11,17 @@
   },
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
-    "@angular/animations": "~22.0.0",
-    "@angular/common": "~22.0.0",
-    "@angular/compiler": "~22.0.0",
-    "@angular/core": "~22.0.0",
-    "@angular/forms": "~22.0.0",
-    "@angular/platform-browser": "~22.0.0",
-    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~22.0.0",
-    "@angular/router": "~22.0.0",
+    "@angular/animations": "~22.1.0",
+    "@angular/common": "~22.1.0",
+    "@angular/compiler": "~22.1.0",
+    "@angular/core": "~22.1.0",
+    "@angular/forms": "~22.1.0",
+    "@angular/platform-browser": "~22.1.0",
+    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~22.1.0",
+    "@angular/router": "~22.1.0",
     "@igniteui/material-icons-extended": "^3.0.2",
     "hammerjs": "~2.0.8",
-    "igniteui-angular": "~22.0.0",
+    "igniteui-angular": "~22.1.0",
     "minireset.css": "~0.0.7",
     "rxjs": "~7.8.1",
     "tslib": "~2.8.1",
diff --git a/packages/igx-templates/igx-ts/projects/side-nav-auth/files/package.json b/packages/igx-templates/igx-ts/projects/side-nav-auth/files/package.json
index 7d7505ba4..b0a524cb5 100644
--- a/packages/igx-templates/igx-ts/projects/side-nav-auth/files/package.json
+++ b/packages/igx-templates/igx-ts/projects/side-nav-auth/files/package.json
@@ -11,17 +11,17 @@
   },
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
-    "@angular/animations": "~22.0.0",
-    "@angular/common": "~22.0.0",
-    "@angular/compiler": "~22.0.0",
-    "@angular/core": "~22.0.0",
-    "@angular/forms": "~22.0.0",
-    "@angular/platform-browser": "~22.0.0",
-    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~22.0.0",
-    "@angular/router": "~22.0.0",
-    "angular-auth-oidc-client": "~22.0.0",
+    "@angular/animations": "~22.1.0",
+    "@angular/common": "~22.1.0",
+    "@angular/compiler": "~22.1.0",
+    "@angular/core": "~22.1.0",
+    "@angular/forms": "~22.1.0",
+    "@angular/platform-browser": "~22.1.0",
+    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~22.1.0",
+    "@angular/router": "~22.1.0",
+    "angular-auth-oidc-client": "~22.1.0",
     "hammerjs": "~2.0.8",
-    "igniteui-angular": "~22.0.0",
+    "igniteui-angular": "~22.1.0",
     "minireset.css": "~0.0.7",
     "rxjs": "~7.8.1",
     "tslib": "~2.8.1",
diff --git a/packages/igx-templates/package.json b/packages/igx-templates/package.json
index 3f5b2c414..083b47de8 100644
--- a/packages/igx-templates/package.json
+++ b/packages/igx-templates/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@igniteui/angular-templates",
-  "version": "22.0.1551",
+  "version": "22.1.1560",
   "description": "Templates for Ignite UI for Angular projects and components",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   "author": "Infragistics",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@igniteui/cli-core": "~15.5.1",
+    "@igniteui/cli-core": "~15.6.0",
     "typescript": "~5.5.4"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/ng-schematics/package.json b/packages/ng-schematics/package.json
index 0e1aed730..f554dd34f 100644
--- a/packages/ng-schematics/package.json
+++ b/packages/ng-schematics/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@igniteui/angular-schematics",
-  "version": "22.0.1551",
+  "version": "22.1.1560",
   "description": "Ignite UI for Angular Schematics for ng new and ng generate",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@angular-devkit/core": "^22.0.0",
     "@angular-devkit/schematics": "^22.0.0",
-    "@igniteui/angular-templates": "~22.0.1551",
-    "@igniteui/cli-core": "~15.5.1",
+    "@igniteui/angular-templates": "~22.1.1560",
+    "@igniteui/cli-core": "~15.6.0",
     "@schematics/angular": "^22.0.0",
     "minimatch": "^10.0.1",
     "rxjs": "~7.8.1",