From 75aaa92318544dd25aecf3a0dbb3bf4438c8de0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ibraheem-opentensor <ibraheem@opentensor.dev>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 12:49:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] bumps version and changelog

---
 CHANGELOG.md   | 14 +++++++++++++-
 pyproject.toml |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e7ccd6c02..5190ea2525 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 9.5.0 /2025-05-15
+## 9.6.1 /2025-05-22
+
+## What's Changed
+* Release/9.6.0 by @ibraheem-abe in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2882
+* Add stake before check `validator_permit` by @basfroman in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2884
+* Add defaults for endpoint and network from local env by @basfroman in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2886
+* Improve error message by @basfroman in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2888
+* Make `unstake` and `unstake_multiple` for all Alphas more clear by @basfroman in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2885
+* fix publish metadata by @basfroman in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2890
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/compare/v9.6.0...v9.6.1
+
+## 9.6.0 /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
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4b3d8fbe99..244fcd3a53 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "bittensor"
-version = "9.6.0"
+version = "9.6.1"
 description = "Bittensor"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [