diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 632fa21..4205613 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bumpp",
-  "version": "9.6.0",
+  "version": "9.6.1",
   "packageManager": "pnpm@9.11.0",
   "description": "Bump version, commit changes, tag, and push to Git",
   "author": {