diff --git a/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/app/Version.java b/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/app/Version.java
index 9f63abd6a8..0c7b967650 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/app/Version.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/app/Version.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class Version {
     // VERSION = 0.5.0 introduces proto buffer for the P2P network and local DB and is a not backward compatible update
     // Therefore all sub versions start again with 1
     // We use semantic versioning with major, minor and patch
-    public static final String VERSION = "1.9.5";
+    public static final String VERSION = "1.9.6";
 
     /**
      * Holds a list of the tagged resource files for optimizing the getData requests.
diff --git a/desktop/package/linux/Dockerfile b/desktop/package/linux/Dockerfile
index 253028d667..2b2dbddad6 100644
--- a/desktop/package/linux/Dockerfile
+++ b/desktop/package/linux/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 # pull base image
 FROM openjdk:8-jdk
-ENV version 1.9.5-SNAPSHOT
+ENV version 1.9.6
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends openjfx && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* &&
 apt-get install -y vim fakeroot
diff --git a/desktop/package/macosx/Info.plist b/desktop/package/macosx/Info.plist
index 998f5dfad6..f48a71bccb 100644
--- a/desktop/package/macosx/Info.plist
+++ b/desktop/package/macosx/Info.plist
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
         <!-- See: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/General/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/CoreFoundationKeys.html -->
 
         <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-        <string>1.9.5</string>
+        <string>1.9.6</string>
 
         <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-        <string>1.9.5</string>
+        <string>1.9.6</string>
 
         <key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
         <string>Bisq</string>
diff --git a/desktop/package/macosx/copy_dbs.sh b/desktop/package/macosx/copy_dbs.sh
index 116b539cf1..9bccfc3546 100755
--- a/desktop/package/macosx/copy_dbs.sh
+++ b/desktop/package/macosx/copy_dbs.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 cd $(dirname $0)/../../../
 
-version="1.9.5"
+version="1.9.6"
 
 # Set BISQ_DIR as environment var to the path of your locally synced Bisq data directory e.g. BISQ_DIR=~/Library/Application\ Support/Bisq
 
diff --git a/desktop/package/macosx/finalize.sh b/desktop/package/macosx/finalize.sh
index 78aafa111d..095c9781f4 100755
--- a/desktop/package/macosx/finalize.sh
+++ b/desktop/package/macosx/finalize.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 cd ../../
 
-version="1.9.5-SNAPSHOT"
+version="1.9.6"
 
 target_dir="releases/$version"
 
diff --git a/desktop/package/macosx/replace_version_number.sh b/desktop/package/macosx/replace_version_number.sh
index 39eb543ca7..86f0953124 100755
--- a/desktop/package/macosx/replace_version_number.sh
+++ b/desktop/package/macosx/replace_version_number.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 cd $(dirname $0)/../../../.
 
-oldVersion=1.9.4
-newVersion=1.9.5
+oldVersion=1.9.5
+newVersion=1.9.6
 
 find . -type f \( -name "finalize.sh" \
 -o -name "create_app.sh" \
diff --git a/desktop/src/main/resources/version.txt b/desktop/src/main/resources/version.txt
index 22b15aaf84..7bc1c40470 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main/resources/version.txt
+++ b/desktop/src/main/resources/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.9.5-SNAPSHOT
+1.9.6
diff --git a/seednode/src/main/java/bisq/seednode/SeedNodeMain.java b/seednode/src/main/java/bisq/seednode/SeedNodeMain.java
index 1a2d45e825..293a150404 100644
--- a/seednode/src/main/java/bisq/seednode/SeedNodeMain.java
+++ b/seednode/src/main/java/bisq/seednode/SeedNodeMain.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 @Slf4j
 public class SeedNodeMain extends ExecutableForAppWithP2p {
     private static final long CHECK_CONNECTION_LOSS_SEC = 30;
-    private static final String VERSION = "1.9.5";
+    private static final String VERSION = "1.9.6";
     private SeedNode seedNode;
     private Timer checkConnectionLossTime;