diff --git a/panel/package.json b/panel/package.json
index 7c9a74e71f..705a6a8b6f 100644
--- a/panel/package.json
+++ b/panel/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@holoviz/panel",
-  "version": "0.9.5",
+  "version": "0.9.6",
   "description": "A high level dashboarding library for python visualization libraries.",
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
   "repository": {