diff --git a/launch/src/main/resources/sbt/sbt.boot.properties b/launch/src/main/resources/sbt/sbt.boot.properties
index 3b0b0d52b..85559f716 100644
--- a/launch/src/main/resources/sbt/sbt.boot.properties
+++ b/launch/src/main/resources/sbt/sbt.boot.properties
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 [app]
   org: org.scala-tools.sbt
   name: sbt
-  version: read(sbt.version)[0.9.5]
+  version: read(sbt.version)[0.9.6-SNAPSHOT]
   class: ${sbt.main.class-sbt.xMain}
   components: xsbti
   cross-versioned: true
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index 42ddc9bd4..86268a45d 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project.organization=org.scala-tools.sbt
 project.name=xsbt
 sbt.version=0.7.7
-project.version=0.9.5
+project.version=0.9.6-SNAPSHOT
 build.scala.versions=2.8.1