diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index fd6d73e4a..10b1865dd 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.95
+0.96
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6aea5179d..4ed8eca03 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('dxvk', ['c', 'cpp'], version : 'v0.95', meson_version : '>= 0.43')
+project('dxvk', ['c', 'cpp'], version : 'v0.96', meson_version : '>= 0.43')
 
 cpu_family = target_machine.cpu_family()
 
diff --git a/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp b/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
index eb0c1166e..f1cc4d371 100644
--- a/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
+++ b/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ namespace dxvk {
     appInfo.pApplicationName      = appName.c_str();
     appInfo.applicationVersion    = 0;
     appInfo.pEngineName           = "DXVK";
-    appInfo.engineVersion         = VK_MAKE_VERSION(0, 9, 5);
+    appInfo.engineVersion         = VK_MAKE_VERSION(0, 9, 6);
     appInfo.apiVersion            = VK_MAKE_VERSION(1, 1, 0);
     
     VkInstanceCreateInfo info;