diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 99662aa13..b36881177 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+Clutter 1.15.96                                                      2013-09-20
+===============================================================================
+
+  • List of changes since Clutter 1.15.94
+
+    - Fix a crasher bug happening on X11
+    Some events coming from the system would result in a segmentation fault.
+
+  • List of bugs fixed since Clutter 1.15.94
+
+    #708439 - clutter-xi2: don't access the stage if we don't have one
+
 Clutter 1.15.94                                                      2013-09-19
 ===============================================================================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index efa5bce27..38f55d32b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # - increase clutter_interface_version to the next odd number
 m4_define([clutter_major_version], [1])
 m4_define([clutter_minor_version], [15])
-m4_define([clutter_micro_version], [95])
+m4_define([clutter_micro_version], [96])
 
 # • for stable releases: increase the interface age by 1 for each release;
 #   if the API changes, set to 0. interface_age and binary_age are used to