diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2f21fb79..21659d46 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 User visible changes for UPX
 ==================================================================
 
-Changes in 3.96 (12 Jan 2020):
+Changes in 3.96 (23 Jan 2020):
   * bug fixes - see https://github.com/upx/upx/milestone/5
 
 Changes in 3.95 (26 Aug 2018):
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 3e9493d9..b0302622 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        "Jan 12th 2020"
-#define UPX_VERSION_DATE_ISO    "2020-01-12"
+#define UPX_VERSION_DATE        "Jan 23rd 2020"
+#define UPX_VERSION_DATE_ISO    "2020-01-23"
 #define UPX_VERSION_YEAR        "2020"
 
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