diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a602fc9e2..b0bb87854 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.4
+0.9.5
diff --git a/cmd/restic/global.go b/cmd/restic/global.go
index 87d461296..1278cb4f0 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/global.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/global.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 )
 
-var version = "0.9.4-dev (compiled manually)"
+var version = "0.9.5"
 
 // TimeFormat is the format used for all timestamps printed by restic.
 const TimeFormat = "2006-01-02 15:04:05"