diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 8bdae7d161ba98b05d58d32341f81bd583c2ef2f..663f26263097b6ec5d14b6b729bd24749a453b02 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "license": [
         "GPL-2.0-or-later"
     ],
-    "version": "9.6.0",
+    "version": "9.6.1",
     "support": {
     },
     "repositories": [
diff --git a/ext_emconf.php b/ext_emconf.php
index 56fa35a50636376bfb914e14c17b9cdd6bcce5ff..7637d3c9bf76eb9c4dfb1fb883931fb7e709133f 100644
--- a/ext_emconf.php
+++ b/ext_emconf.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ $EM_CONF['sg_news'] = [
 	'modify_tables' => '',
 	'clearCacheOnLoad' => 0,
 	'lockType' => '',
-	'version' => '9.6.0',
+	'version' => '9.6.1',
 	'constraints' => [
 		'depends' => [
 			'typo3' => '9.5.0-10.4.99',