A method for operating a drive train of a hybrid vehicle having a hybrid drive comprising at least one electric machine (2) and an internal combustion engine (1), wherein an indirect connection between the internal combustion engine (1) and an output device (4) There is an automatic shift transmission (3), wherein the electric motor (2) is coupled to the shaft of the automatic shift transmission (3) via a friction clutch (5), and wherein, in the automatic shift transmission (3), the interruption is made by mixing With the drive torque available at the output, the drive implements a shift in such a way that the drive torque available at the output (4) is first reduced in a first phase and then carried out in a second phase The actual gear change, and then in the third phase, the drive torque is built up again at the output (4), wherein, to carry out the actual gear change, after disengaging the actual gear and before engaging the target gear , the gearshift transmission (3) is synchronized in such a way that the rotational inertial mass of the electric motor is fully utilized, that is, when the friction clutch (5) is opened, the rotational speed of the electric motor (2) is brought to the inertial rotational speed, and subsequently For the rotational inertia synchronization of the gearshift transmission, the friction clutch (5) is first engaged and then at least partially opened again.