diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index eb0a08fdf..0bf888183 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+
+## 0.96.1
+
 ### Fixes
 
 * 🐛 Fix `HTTPException` header type annotations. PR [#9648](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/9648) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index d564d5fa3..2bc795b4b 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.96.0"
+__version__ = "0.96.1"
 
 from starlette import status as status