diff --git a/cache/installedVersion.json b/cache/installedVersion.json
index 7ca315c1..68be02f7 100644
--- a/cache/installedVersion.json
+++ b/cache/installedVersion.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    "tag_name": "v2.9.5"
+    "tag_name": "v2.9.6"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index e44dc9af..ec73001e 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 define('HTMLY', true);
-define('HTMLY_VERSION', 'v2.9.5');
+define('HTMLY_VERSION', 'v2.9.6');
 $config_file = 'config/config.ini';
 require 'system/vendor/autoload.php';
 require 'system/htmly.php';