diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index bfa8fce..0c863a3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changelog
 ~~~~~~~~~
 
+1.9.6 - 2019-07-30
+------------------
+
+Handle timezones for datetime fields
+
 1.9.5 - 2019-07-28
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
deleted file mode 100644
index c86eef4..0000000
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Release type: patch
-
-Handle timezones for datetime fields
diff --git a/autoslug/__init__.py b/autoslug/__init__.py
index 43d37da..6ccfe76 100644
--- a/autoslug/__init__.py
+++ b/autoslug/__init__.py
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 from autoslug.fields import AutoSlugField
 
 
-__version__ = '1.9.5'
+__version__ = '1.9.6'
 __all__ = ['AutoSlugField']
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7bc6d5c..011a9fe 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "django-autoslug"
-version = "1.9.5"
+version = "1.9.6"
 description = "AutoSlugField for Django"
 authors = ["Justin Mayer <entroP@gmail.com>"]
 readme = "README.rst"