diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d30e1ac..a78dfea 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Changelog for hydra
 -------------------
 
-Release 9.5-dev
+Release 9.5
 * http-form:
   - The help for http-form was wrong. the condition variable must always be
     the *last* parameter, not the third
diff --git a/README b/README
index 846164a..44cb585 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 				  H Y D R A
 
-                      (c) 2001-2022 by van Hauser / THC
+                      (c) 2001-2023 by van Hauser / THC
              <vh@thc.org> https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra
        many modules were written by David (dot) Maciejak @ gmail (dot) com
                  BFG code by Jan Dlabal <dlabaljan@gmail.com>
diff --git a/hydra.c b/hydra.c
index cae3dde..c250f4c 100644
--- a/hydra.c
+++ b/hydra.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ char *SERVICES = "adam6500 asterisk afp cisco cisco-enable cobaltstrike cvs fire
 #define RESTOREFILE "./hydra.restore"
 
 #define PROGRAM "Hydra"
-#define VERSION "v9.6"
+#define VERSION "v9.5"
 #define AUTHOR "van Hauser/THC"
 #define EMAIL "<vh@thc.org>"
 #define AUTHOR2 "David Maciejak"