diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fade61fa..06af4972 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
 project(oniguruma
-  VERSION 6.9.5
+  VERSION 6.9.6
   LANGUAGES C)
 
 set(PACKAGE onig)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index addf101b..8f4eb9fb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ Supported character encodings:
 * doc/SYNTAX.md: contributed by seanofw
 
 
-Master branch
+Version 6.9.6
 -------------
-* In a Unix environment, if you have the POSIX API enabled in an earlier version (disabled by default in 6.9.5) and you need application binary compatibility with the POSIX API, specify "--enable-binary-compatible-posix-api=yes" instead of "--enable-posix-api=yes".  "--enable-posix-api=yes" only supports source-level compatibility for POSIX API.
+* In a Unix environment, if you have the POSIX API enabled in an earlier version (disabled by default in 6.9.5) and you need application binary compatibility with the POSIX API, specify "--enable-binary-compatible-posix-api=yes" instead of "--enable-posix-api=yes".  "--enable-posix-api=yes" only supports source-level compatibility for POSIX API since 6.9.6.
 
 * NEW: configure option --enable-binary-compatible-posix-api=[yes/no]
 * NEW API: Limiting the maximum number of calls of subexp-call
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1408a4fe..8d53fc42 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-AC_INIT(onig, 6.9.5)
+AC_INIT(onig, 6.9.6)
 
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ fi
 dnl Checks for programs.
 AC_PROG_CC
 LT_INIT
-LTVERSION="5:0:0"
+LTVERSION="6:0:1"
 AC_SUBST(LTVERSION)
 
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
diff --git a/src/oniguruma.h b/src/oniguruma.h
index 239ca3a5..d983fc9b 100644
--- a/src/oniguruma.h
+++ b/src/oniguruma.h
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ extern "C" {
 #define ONIGURUMA
 #define ONIGURUMA_VERSION_MAJOR   6
 #define ONIGURUMA_VERSION_MINOR   9
-#define ONIGURUMA_VERSION_TEENY   5
+#define ONIGURUMA_VERSION_TEENY   6
 
-#define ONIGURUMA_VERSION_INT     60905
+#define ONIGURUMA_VERSION_INT     60906
 
 #ifndef P_
 #if defined(__STDC__) || defined(_WIN32)