diff --git a/CMake_version_options.cmake b/CMake_version_options.cmake
index be759ee15e..d125c43752 100644
--- a/CMake_version_options.cmake
+++ b/CMake_version_options.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ################################
 ## Version information
-set(HOOMD_VERSION_RAW "2.9.5")
+set(HOOMD_VERSION_RAW "2.9.6")
 string(REGEX MATCH "(.*)\\.(.*)\\.(.*)$" _hoomd_version_match ${HOOMD_VERSION_RAW})
 set(HOOMD_VERSION_MAJOR ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
 set(HOOMD_VERSION_MINOR ${CMAKE_MATCH_2})
diff --git a/INSTALLING.rst b/INSTALLING.rst
index 77b69a6d19..73225a7c72 100644
--- a/INSTALLING.rst
+++ b/INSTALLING.rst
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ https://glotzerlab.engin.umich.edu/Downloads/hoomd
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-   $ curl -O https://glotzerlab.engin.umich.edu/Downloads/hoomd/hoomd-v2.9.5.tar.gz
+   $ curl -O https://glotzerlab.engin.umich.edu/Downloads/hoomd/hoomd-v2.9.6.tar.gz
 
 Or, clone using Git:
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c1ed7e992b..fff11dd956 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.9.5
+current_version = 2.9.6
 commit = False
 tag = False
 
diff --git a/sphinx-doc/conf.py b/sphinx-doc/conf.py
index c3dff2a3ee..9441bdc1e6 100644
--- a/sphinx-doc/conf.py
+++ b/sphinx-doc/conf.py
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '2.9.5'
+version = '2.9.6'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.9.5'
+release = '2.9.6'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.