bump version numbers
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 047e956..77655dd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 Or using [Bundler](http://bundler.io/) with:
 
 ```
-gem 'predictionio', '0.9.1'
+gem 'predictionio', '0.9.6'
 ```
 
 ## Sending Events to Event Server
diff --git a/lib/predictionio/version.rb b/lib/predictionio/version.rb
index d278103..cb49861 100644
--- a/lib/predictionio/version.rb
+++ b/lib/predictionio/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module PredictionIO
-  VERSION = '0.9.1'
+  VERSION = '0.9.6'
 end