diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index b904f45a..c0eece22 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+0.9.6 - 2021-10-04
+------------------
+- Do not match msg separator as constant value
+
 0.9.5 - 2021-10-04
 ------------------
 - Add string constant support to msg parser
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ed31f6e7..70043a99 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = rosbags
-version = 0.9.5
+version = 0.9.6
 author = Ternaris
 author_email = team@ternaris.com
 home_page = https://gitlab.com/ternaris/rosbags