diff --git a/patches/patchinstall.sh b/patches/patchinstall.sh
index bcf7beb7..2d9e9c00 100755
--- a/patches/patchinstall.sh
+++ b/patches/patchinstall.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ upstream_commit()
 # Show version information
 version()
 {
-	echo "Wine Staging 1.9.6 (unreleased)"
+	echo "Wine Staging 1.9.6"
 	echo "Copyright (C) 2014-2016 the Wine Staging project authors."
 	echo ""
 	echo "Patchset to be applied on upstream Wine:"
diff --git a/staging/VERSION b/staging/VERSION
index 60853b1a..2edd7e94 100644
--- a/staging/VERSION
+++ b/staging/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Wine Staging 1.9.6 (unreleased)
+Wine Staging 1.9.6