diff --git a/docs/source/about.rst b/docs/source/about.rst
index 19d8c38..20c75e8 100644
--- a/docs/source/about.rst
+++ b/docs/source/about.rst
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ installations.
 Package                 Version         RPM Name
 ======================  ==============  ==============================
 Python                  2.7.10           awips2-python
-**awips**               **0.9.5**       **awips2-python-awips**
+**awips**               **0.9.6**       **awips2-python-awips**
 basemap                 1.0.7           awips2-python-basemap
 cartopy                 0.13.0          awips2-python-cartopy
 cherrypy                3.1.2           awips2-python-cherrypy
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index a10813b..e3b5a34 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ author = 'Unidata'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.9.5'
+version = '0.9.6'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c89dcf8..9079028 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ from setuptools import find_packages
 
 setup(
     name='python-awips',
-    version='0.9.5',
+    version='0.9.6',
     description='A framework for requesting AWIPS meteorological datasets from an EDEX server',
     packages=find_packages(exclude='data'),
     license='Open Source',
     url='http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/awips2',
-    download_url='https://github.com/Unidata/python-awips/tarball/0.9.5',
+    download_url='https://github.com/Unidata/python-awips/tarball/0.9.6',
     author='Unidata',
     author_email='mjames@ucar.edu',
     requires=['argparse','shapely','numpy','six']