diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b0d6fa2a..65beca68 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Version 296:
+
 * Remove buffers_adapter.hpp (API Change)
 * Remove zlib error `invalid_code_lenths`(sic) (API Change)
 * Remove `core/type_traits.hpp` (API Change)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d894b459..80040876 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ endfunction()
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-project (Beast VERSION 295)
+project (Beast VERSION 296)
 
 set_property (GLOBAL PROPERTY USE_FOLDERS ON)
 option (Beast_BUILD_EXAMPLES "Build examples" ON)
diff --git a/include/boost/beast/version.hpp b/include/boost/beast/version.hpp
index a343f025..1593c019 100644
--- a/include/boost/beast/version.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/beast/version.hpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     This is a simple integer that is incremented by one every
     time a set of code changes is merged to the develop branch.
 */
-#define BOOST_BEAST_VERSION 295
+#define BOOST_BEAST_VERSION 296
 
 #define BOOST_BEAST_VERSION_STRING "Boost.Beast/" BOOST_STRINGIZE(BOOST_BEAST_VERSION)