diff --git a/src/cmake/friction-version.cmake b/src/cmake/friction-version.cmake
index 04646fb40..9c3851b1e 100644
--- a/src/cmake/friction-version.cmake
+++ b/src/cmake/friction-version.cmake
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR 9)
-set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 5)
+set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 6)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_TWEAK 0)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH})
 
diff --git a/src/core/appsupport.cpp b/src/core/appsupport.cpp
index a24cf9f75..4d82e72f9 100644
--- a/src/core/appsupport.cpp
+++ b/src/core/appsupport.cpp
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ const QString AppSupport::getAppUrl()
 
 const QString AppSupport::getAppVersion(bool html)
 {
-    QString version = QString::fromUtf8("0.9.5"); // fallback, should not happen
+    QString version = QString::fromUtf8("0.9.6"); // fallback, should not happen
 #ifdef PROJECT_VERSION
     version = QString::fromUtf8(PROJECT_VERSION);
 #endif