diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0af2dcd..65aeaba 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if ("${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "GNU" OR CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
 endif ("${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "GNU" OR CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
 
 # Version
-set (project_version "0.9.5")
+set (project_version "0.9.6")
 
 # Try to append commit ID if it follows a version tag.  It might be nicer if
 # we could also detect dirty worktrees but that's very hard to get right.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ac52fd9..3d48941 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-0.9.6 (2018-06-??) "I've Been Sitting Here All This Time"
+0.9.6 (2018-06-22) "I've Been Sitting Here All This Time"
+
+ * Code has been relicensed to 0BSD and moved to a private git hosting
 
  * Fix LibreSSL compatibility
 
@@ -14,6 +16,8 @@
 
  * degesch: fix some error messages
 
+ * degesch: workaround a Readline bug in the fancy-prompt.lua plugin
+
  * kike: fix two memory leaks
 
  * kike: improve error handling for incoming connections