diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ddf9a94354..e1a65a816d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+## [v1.9.6](https://github.com/stympy/faker/tree/v1.9.5) (2019-07-05)
+
+Fix lib/faker/version.rb
+
 ## [v1.9.5](https://github.com/stympy/faker/tree/v1.9.5) (2019-07-04)
 
 ### Bug
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 21e72420fc..4573e3aa98 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    faker (1.9.5)
+    faker (1.9.6)
       i18n (>= 0.7)
 
 GEM
diff --git a/lib/faker/version.rb b/lib/faker/version.rb
index 31cda4fcce..cdc67e0e2e 100644
--- a/lib/faker/version.rb
+++ b/lib/faker/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module Faker #:nodoc:
-  VERSION = '1.9.5'
+  VERSION = '1.9.6'
 end