diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 56fceca5..2128bf04 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 User visible changes for UPX
 ==================================================================
 
+Changes in 3.96 (XX XXX 2018):
+
 Changes in 3.95 (26 Aug 2018):
   * Flag --android-shlib to work around bad design in Android
   * Flag --force-pie when ET_DYN main program is not marked as DF_1_PIE
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 725e5d88..d573e044 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-#define UPX_VERSION_HEX         0x035f00        /* 03.95.00 */
-#define UPX_VERSION_STRING      "3.95"
-#define UPX_VERSION_STRING4     "3.95"
-#define UPX_VERSION_DATE        "Aug 26th 2018"
-#define UPX_VERSION_DATE_ISO    "2018-08-26"
+#define UPX_VERSION_HEX         0x036000        /* 03.96.00 */
+#define UPX_VERSION_STRING      "3.96"
+#define UPX_VERSION_STRING4     "3.96"
+#define UPX_VERSION_DATE        "Aug 27th 2018"
+#define UPX_VERSION_DATE_ISO    "2018-08-27"
 #define UPX_VERSION_YEAR        "2018"
 
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