diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 94a7415b3..0c627b7ef 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-New in spot 1.99.5a (not yet released)
+New in spot 1.99.6 (2015-12-04)
 
   Command-line tools:
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2c28f8851..e20c0c5d7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.61])
-AC_INIT([spot], [1.99.5a], [spot@lrde.epita.fr])
+AC_INIT([spot], [1.99.6], [spot@lrde.epita.fr])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([tools])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 gnu tar-ustar color-tests parallel-tests])
diff --git a/doc/org/setup.org b/doc/org/setup.org
index d5a3e59e5..a1c098e8b 100644
--- a/doc/org/setup.org
+++ b/doc/org/setup.org
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #+OPTIONS: H:2 num:nil toc:t
 #+EMAIL: spot@lrde.epita.fr
 #+HTML_LINK_HOME: index.html
-#+MACRO: SPOTVERSION 1.99.5
-#+MACRO: LASTRELEASE 1.99.5
-#+MACRO: LASTTARBALL [[http://www.lrde.epita.fr/dload/spot/spot-1.99.5.tar.gz][=spot-1.99.5.tar.gz=]]
-#+MACRO: LASTNEWS [[https://gitlab.lrde.epita.fr/spot/spot/blob/spot-1-99-5/NEWS][summary of the changes]]
-#+MACRO: LASTDATE 2015-11-03
+#+MACRO: SPOTVERSION 1.99.6
+#+MACRO: LASTRELEASE 1.99.6
+#+MACRO: LASTTARBALL [[http://www.lrde.epita.fr/dload/spot/spot-1.99.6.tar.gz][=spot-1.99.6.tar.gz=]]
+#+MACRO: LASTNEWS [[https://gitlab.lrde.epita.fr/spot/spot/blob/spot-1-99-6/NEWS][summary of the changes]]
+#+MACRO: LASTDATE 2015-12-04