diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index eee840fd..df26cc5c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+9.6.1 (Feb 15, 2024)
+- Added redisUsername configuration parameter for Redis connection to set the username for accessing redis when not using the default `root` username
+
 9.6.0 (Nov 3, 2023)
 - Added support for Flag Sets on the SDK, which enables grouping feature flags and interacting with the group rather than individually (more details in our documentation):
   - Added new variations of the get treatment methods to support evaluating flags in given flag set/s.
diff --git a/splitio/version.py b/splitio/version.py
index 17781f45..c02fe413 100644
--- a/splitio/version.py
+++ b/splitio/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '9.6.0'
+__version__ = '9.6.1'