diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f2339d287..4069b3936 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ include( ROCMPackageConfigHelpers )
 include( ROCMInstallSymlinks )
 
 # Using standardized versioning from rocm-cmake
-set ( VERSION_STRING "0.9.5" )
+set ( VERSION_STRING "0.9.6" )
 rocm_setup_version( VERSION ${VERSION_STRING} )
 
 # Append our library helper cmake path and the cmake path for hip (for convenience)