diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a1a78b8966..77d32f3f0a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ configure(project(':desktop')) {
     apply plugin: 'witness'
     apply from: '../gradle/witness/gradle-witness.gradle'
 
-    version = '0.9.5-SNAPSHOT'
+    version = '0.9.6'
 
     mainClassName = 'bisq.desktop.app.BisqAppMain'
 
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/app/Version.java b/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/app/Version.java
index 2d88eab21d..6555e687d0 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/app/Version.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/app/Version.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ 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 = "0.9.5";
+    public static final String VERSION = "0.9.6";
 
     public static int getMajorVersion(String version) {
         return getSubVersion(version, 0);
diff --git a/desktop/package/linux/Dockerfile b/desktop/package/linux/Dockerfile
index ae1b484a19..bc4d4b2059 100644
--- a/desktop/package/linux/Dockerfile
+++ b/desktop/package/linux/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 # pull base image
 FROM openjdk:8-jdk
-ENV version 0.9.5-SNAPSHOT
+ENV version 0.9.6
 
 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/linux/package.sh b/desktop/package/linux/package.sh
index ae83450a82..9773647c3b 100755
--- a/desktop/package/linux/package.sh
+++ b/desktop/package/linux/package.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #   - Update version below
 #   - Ensure JAVA_HOME below is pointing to OracleJDK 10 directory
 
-version=0.9.5-SNAPSHOT
+version=0.9.6
 if [ ! -f "$JAVA_HOME/bin/javapackager" ]; then
 	if [ -d "/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-10.0.2" ]; then
     	JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-10.0.2
diff --git a/desktop/package/linux/release.sh b/desktop/package/linux/release.sh
index e4f1547d43..5e05eb5799 100755
--- a/desktop/package/linux/release.sh
+++ b/desktop/package/linux/release.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Prior to running this script:
 #   - Update version below
 
-version=0.9.5-SNAPSHOT
+version=0.9.6
 base_dir=$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" ; pwd -P )/../../..
 package_dir=$base_dir/desktop/package
 release_dir=$base_dir/desktop/release/$version
diff --git a/desktop/package/macosx/Info.plist b/desktop/package/macosx/Info.plist
index 52b244a056..5828716d7e 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>0.9.5</string>
+        <string>0.9.6</string>
 
         <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-        <string>0.9.5</string>
+        <string>0.9.6</string>
 
         <key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
         <string>Bisq</string>
diff --git a/desktop/package/macosx/create_app.sh b/desktop/package/macosx/create_app.sh
index 433e39dbcb..9a400935a2 100755
--- a/desktop/package/macosx/create_app.sh
+++ b/desktop/package/macosx/create_app.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ mkdir -p deploy
 
 set -e
 
-version="0.9.5-SNAPSHOT"
+version="0.9.6"
 
 cd ..
 ./gradlew :desktop:build -x test shadowJar
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ java -jar ./package/tools-1.0.jar $EXE_JAR
 echo SHA 256 after stripping jar file to get a deterministic jar:
 shasum -a256 $EXE_JAR | awk '{print $1}' | tee deploy/Bisq-$version.jar.txt
 
-#vmPath=/Users/christoph/Documents/Workspaces/Java
-vmPath=/Volumes
+vmPath=/Users/christoph/Documents/Workspaces/Java
+#vmPath=/Volumes
 linux64=$vmPath/vm_shared_ubuntu/desktop
 linux64Package=$linux64/package/linux
 win64=$vmPath/vm_shared_windows/desktop
diff --git a/desktop/package/macosx/finalize.sh b/desktop/package/macosx/finalize.sh
index 2a1204283d..67da8493b8 100755
--- a/desktop/package/macosx/finalize.sh
+++ b/desktop/package/macosx/finalize.sh
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 cd ../../
 
-version="0.9.5-SNAPSHOT"
+version="0.9.6"
 
 target_dir="releases/$version"
 
-#vmPath=/Users/christoph/Documents/Workspaces/Java
-vmPath=/Volumes
+vmPath=/Users/christoph/Documents/Workspaces/Java
+#vmPath=/Volumes
 linux64=$vmPath/vm_shared_ubuntu/desktop/package/linux
 win64=$vmPath/vm_shared_windows/desktop/package/windows
 
diff --git a/desktop/package/macosx/insert_snapshot_version.sh b/desktop/package/macosx/insert_snapshot_version.sh
index 3d2c22f65f..6f66f055b8 100755
--- a/desktop/package/macosx/insert_snapshot_version.sh
+++ b/desktop/package/macosx/insert_snapshot_version.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 cd $(dirname $0)/../../../
 
-version=0.9.5
+version=0.9.6
 
 find . -type f \( -name "finalize.sh" \
 -o -name "create_app.sh" \
diff --git a/desktop/package/macosx/replace_version_number.sh b/desktop/package/macosx/replace_version_number.sh
index 25807f7a0a..276a17445c 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=0.9.4
-newVersion=0.9.5
+oldVersion=0.9.5
+newVersion=0.9.6
 
 find . -type f \( -name "finalize.sh" \
 -o -name "create_app.sh" \
diff --git a/desktop/package/windows/package.bat b/desktop/package/windows/package.bat
index e48db8a32f..82161f4b02 100644
--- a/desktop/package/windows/package.bat
+++ b/desktop/package/windows/package.bat
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 @echo off
 
-set version=0.9.5-SNAPSHOT
+set version=0.9.6
 if not exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\javapackager.exe" (
     if not exist "%ProgramFiles%\Java\jdk-10.0.2" (
         echo Javapackager not found. Update JAVA_HOME variable to point to OracleJDK.
diff --git a/desktop/package/windows/release.bat b/desktop/package/windows/release.bat
index aaab643daf..9d1dfe1e06 100644
--- a/desktop/package/windows/release.bat
+++ b/desktop/package/windows/release.bat
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 @echo off
 
-set version=0.9.5-SNAPSHOT
+set version=0.9.6
 set release_dir=%~dp0..\..\..\releases\%version%
 set package_dir=%~dp0..
 
diff --git a/relay/src/main/resources/version.txt b/relay/src/main/resources/version.txt
index 5c11a25a75..85b7c695b8 100644
--- a/relay/src/main/resources/version.txt
+++ b/relay/src/main/resources/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.5-SNAPSHOT
+0.9.6
diff --git a/seednode/src/main/java/bisq/seednode/SeedNodeMain.java b/seednode/src/main/java/bisq/seednode/SeedNodeMain.java
index b2b982a312..0bc392ad4b 100644
--- a/seednode/src/main/java/bisq/seednode/SeedNodeMain.java
+++ b/seednode/src/main/java/bisq/seednode/SeedNodeMain.java
@@ -30,13 +30,11 @@ import bisq.common.setup.CommonSetup;
 
 import joptsimple.OptionSet;
 
-import java.util.List;
-
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
 @Slf4j
 public class SeedNodeMain extends ExecutableForAppWithP2p {
-    private static final String VERSION = "0.9.5";
+    private static final String VERSION = "0.9.6";
     private SeedNode seedNode;
 
     public SeedNodeMain() {