diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bf23a59eab34..b245e3081d38 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,15 +10,23 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 
 ### Changed
-- Relaxed restriction in the tripolar grid factory so that grids can be made even when the decomposition deos not evenly divide the grid dimension so that the factory can be used in utilities where the core count makes such a condition impossible to satisfiy
 
 ### Fixed
-- Fix a bug in time\_ave\_util.x so that it can work with files with no veritcal coordinate
 
 ### Removed
 
 ### Deprecated
 
+## [2.39.6] - 2023-07-18
+
+### Changed
+
+- Relaxed restriction in the tripolar grid factory so that grids can be made even when the decomposition deos not evenly divide the grid dimension so that the factory can be used in utilities where the core count makes such a condition impossible to satisfiy
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fix a bug in `time_ave_util.x` so that it can work with files with no vertical coordinate
+
 ## [2.39.5] - 2023-07-10
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4503c00eb6fd..68c38c821d3c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ endif ()
 
 project (
   MAPL
-  VERSION 2.39.5
+  VERSION 2.39.6
   LANGUAGES Fortran CXX C)  # Note - CXX is required for ESMF
 
 # Set the possible values of build type for cmake-gui