From 59d4a68ab16d5961d1b222bf4dc9d772ff78dccc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ibraheem-opentensor <ibraheem@opentensor.dev>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 14:26:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] bumps version and changelog

---
 CHANGELOG.md   | 10 ++++++++++
 pyproject.toml |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 69844e7def..1e7ccd6c02 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 9.5.0 /2025-05-15
+
+* Add manual way to show the size of virtual environments in the PR by @basfroman in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2875
+* Improve `Monitor SDK Requirements Size` workflow by @basfroman in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2878
+* Add subtensor.is_subnet_active method by @basfroman in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2877
+* Using `hotkey` instead of `coldkey` to sign extrinsic in `serve_axon` by @basfroman in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2879
+* Rename argument `fallback_chains` to `fallback_endpoints` by @basfroman in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2880
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/compare/v9.5.0...v9.6.0
+
 ## 9.5.0 /2025-05-12
 
 ## What's Changed
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a9b9db6a01..4b3d8fbe99 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "bittensor"
-version = "9.5.0"
+version = "9.6.0"
 description = "Bittensor"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [