diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index d3e9b378..3656f519 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ SHELL = /bin/sh
 top_srcdir = ..
 
 PACKAGE      = upx
-VERSION_DATE = 10 Sep 2000
+VERSION_DATE = 13 Dec 2000
 VERSION     := $(shell sed -n 's/^.*UPX_VERSION_STRING.*"\(.*\)".*/\1/p' $(top_srcdir)/src/version.h)
 
 TRIMSPACE = cat
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 52d62aef..af2282f3 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-#define UPX_VERSION_STRING      "1.09.5"
-#define UPX_VERSION_DATE        "Dec 12th 2000"
+#define UPX_VERSION_STRING      "1.09.6"
+#define UPX_VERSION_DATE        "Dec 13th 2000"