diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 722f9e0..c30a282 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version 0.9.6 -- unreleased
+version 0.9.6 -- July 21, 2008
     backupninja changes
 	 . fix bug in cstream definition, thanks Jamie McClelland
 	 . Allow the entire backup run to be halted by an action, thanks to
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 79449dd..26e95be 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # The maintainer mode is causing me grief with newest versions of autotools
 #AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
-AC_INIT([backupninja],[0.9.5],[backupninja@lists.riseup.net])
+AC_INIT([backupninja],[0.9.6],[backupninja@lists.riseup.net])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/backupninja.in])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE