diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2128bf04..3002544b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 User visible changes for UPX
 ==================================================================
 
-Changes in 3.96 (XX XXX 2018):
+Changes in 3.96 (24 Feb 2019):
+  * bug fixes - see https://github.com/upx/upx/milestone/5
 
 Changes in 3.95 (26 Aug 2018):
   * Flag --android-shlib to work around bad design in Android
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index d573e044..00af2232 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #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"
+#define UPX_VERSION_DATE        "Feb 24th 2019"
+#define UPX_VERSION_DATE_ISO    "2019-02-24"
+#define UPX_VERSION_YEAR        "2019"
 
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