diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index a3a4c1790..7a9118486 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.9.4-dev
+current_version = 0.9.6
 commit = False
 tag = False
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(\-(?P<release>[a-z]+))?
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
index cd237761c..f8fa1143e 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: Aviary Version
       description: What version of Aviary is being used.
-      placeholder: "0.9.4-dev"
+      placeholder: "0.9.6"
     validations:
       required: true
   - type: textarea
diff --git a/aviary/__init__.py b/aviary/__init__.py
index 7f33873b3..50533e307 100644
--- a/aviary/__init__.py
+++ b/aviary/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.9.4-dev"
+__version__ = "0.9.6"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 465292ffd..89835c49e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     version=__version__,
     packages=find_packages(),
     install_requires=[
-        "openmdao>=3.33.0",
+        "openmdao>=3.36.0",
         "dymos>=1.8.1",
         "hvplot",
         "importlib_resources",
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
             "models/small_single_aisle/*",
             "models/test_aircraft/*",
             "visualization/assets/*",
-            "visualization/assets/aviary_vars/*"
+            "visualization/assets/aviary_vars/*",
         ],
         f"{pkgname}.docs": [
             "*.py",
@@ -87,6 +87,6 @@
         ],
         'openmdao_report': [
             'aviary_reports=aviary.interface.reports:register_custom_reports',
-        ]
-    }
+        ],
+    },
 )