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diff --git a/raft.changes b/raft.changes
index d2af65e..afd3aa9 100644
--- a/raft.changes
+++ b/raft.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 19 02:06:51 UTC 2019 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
+
+- raft 0.9.6:
+  * raft_watch API dropped
+  * don't stop half-way when deleting old segments
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug 30 21:20:59 UTC 2019 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/raft.spec b/raft.spec
index 3a93f14..115cc6c 100644
--- a/raft.spec
+++ b/raft.spec
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
 
 %bcond_without libuv
 Name:           raft
-Version:        0.9.5
+Version:        0.9.6
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Fully asynchronous C implementation of the Raft consensus protocol
 License:        Apache-2.0
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 URL:            https://github.com/canonical/raft
-Source:         https://github.com/canonical/raft/archive/v0.9.5.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source:         https://github.com/canonical/raft/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  libtool