diff --git a/datadog_lambda/version.py b/datadog_lambda/version.py
index a29fe46e..a5490c9a 100644
--- a/datadog_lambda/version.py
+++ b/datadog_lambda/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "6.95.0"
+__version__ = "6.96.0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f161de14..cb144c30 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "datadog_lambda"
-version = "6.95.0"
+version = "6.96.0"
 description = "The Datadog AWS Lambda Library"
 authors = ["Datadog, Inc. <dev@datadoghq.com>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"