diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 25b7dca8d..e08d8e07d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,15 +4,18 @@
 
 ### API-Changes
 
+### Changes
+
+### Fixes
+
+## 1.96.0
+
 ### Changes
 - jsonrpc js client:
   - Change package name from `deltachat-jsonrpc-client` to `@deltachat/jsonrpc-client`
   - remove relative file dependency to it from `deltachat-node` (because it did not work anyway and broke the nix build of desktop)
   - ci: add github ci action to upload it to our download server automaticaly on realease
 
-### Fixes
-
-
 ## 1.95.0
 
 ### API-Changes
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7e548f017..8f4267ad1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.95.0"
+version = "1.96.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi_term",
  "anyhow",
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc"
-version = "1.95.0"
+version = "1.96.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-channel",
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.95.0"
+version = "1.96.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8f719cd7c..50e787f55 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.95.0"
+version = "1.96.0"
 authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index 63f6460ff..77cf62318 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.95.0"
+version = "1.96.0"
 description = "Deltachat FFI"
 authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
 edition = "2018"
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
index 5d0c41325..ada97860e 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc"
-version = "1.95.0"
+version = "1.96.0"
 description = "DeltaChat JSON-RPC API"
 authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json
index 9efa97772..17124b5b4 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json
@@ -47,5 +47,5 @@
   },
   "type": "module",
   "types": "dist/deltachat.d.ts",
-  "version": "1.95.0"
+  "version": "1.96.0"
 }
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0afcff346..4b56c86e6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,5 +60,5 @@
     "test:mocha": "mocha -r esm node/test/test.js --growl --reporter=spec --bail"
   },
   "types": "node/dist/index.d.ts",
-  "version": "1.95.0"
+  "version": "1.96.0"
 }
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