diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 245910e58b..b1b4f7138e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -321,6 +321,10 @@ Release date: TBA
 
  Relates to #6531
 
+* Fix a crash when accessing ``__code__`` and assigning it to a variable.
+
+  Closes #6539
+
 
 What's New in Pylint 2.13.8?
 ============================
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/2.13.rst b/doc/whatsnew/2.13.rst
index b7a3eeff49..633d9233f3 100644
--- a/doc/whatsnew/2.13.rst
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/2.13.rst
@@ -635,6 +635,10 @@ Other Changes
 
   Closes #3979
 
+* Fix a crash when accessing ``__code__`` and assigning it to a variable.
+
+  Closes #6539
+
 * Fix a crash when linting a file that passes an integer ``mode=`` to
   ``open``
 
diff --git a/requirements_test_min.txt b/requirements_test_min.txt
index 7c91d2d29a..9b0d00ac8f 100644
--- a/requirements_test_min.txt
+++ b/requirements_test_min.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -e .[testutils,spelling]
 # astroid dependency is also defined in setup.cfg
-astroid==2.11.4  # Pinned to a specific version for tests
+astroid==2.11.5  # Pinned to a specific version for tests
 typing-extensions~=4.2
 pytest~=7.1
 pytest-benchmark~=3.4
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b75643e4cf..8eadab3a78 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ install_requires =
     # Also upgrade requirements_test_min.txt if you are bumping astroid.
     # Pinned to dev of next minor update to allow editable installs,
     # see https://github.com/PyCQA/astroid/issues/1341
-    astroid>=2.11.4,<=2.12.0-dev0
+    astroid>=2.11.5,<=2.12.0-dev0
     isort>=4.2.5,<6
     mccabe>=0.6,<0.8
     tomli>=1.1.0;python_version<"3.11"
diff --git a/tests/functional/i/invalid/invalid_name/invalid_name_module_level.py b/tests/functional/i/invalid/invalid_name/invalid_name_module_level.py
index 355969f39a..ec2b2769be 100644
--- a/tests/functional/i/invalid/invalid_name/invalid_name_module_level.py
+++ b/tests/functional/i/invalid/invalid_name/invalid_name_module_level.py
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ def A():  # [invalid-name]
 CONSTD = A()
 
 CONST = "12 34 ".rstrip().split()
+
+
+assignment_that_crashed_pylint = type(float.__new__.__code__)