diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 96332ac50..3e610f6d9 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  ".": "9.5.1",
+  ".": "9.6.0",
   "packages/adcp-reporting-storage": "0.1.0-beta.4"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 12c1675cd..f5cf17666 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -192,6 +192,25 @@
   change public consumer defaults. See
   [format-kind migration](docs/canonical-format-kinds-migration.md).
 
+## [9.6.0](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp-client-python/compare/v9.5.1...v9.6.0) (2026-11-03)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **reporting-storage:** accept 255 character row binding IDs and credential refs ([#1828](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp-client-python/issues/1828)) ([6bb34df](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp-client-python/commit/6bb34df00821e11f03aed2a018a0c5a6ccab3cdf))
+* **reporting-storage:** collect orphaned row objects by listing with a clone fence ([#1835](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp-client-python/issues/1835)) ([e004f1b](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp-client-python/commit/e004f1bc55eff3bc32065a9c785f451af3813f79))
+* **reporting-storage:** order the account change feed by xid and seq ([#1827](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp-client-python/issues/1827)) ([4449bc9](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp-client-python/commit/4449bc94cdd47900f39e15f5e99a35a9699d0c30))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **server:** preserve valid creatives in lenient legacy batches ([#1841](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp-client-python/issues/1841)) ([2bd7751](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp-client-python/commit/2bd7751cb1312efda5aefc4a11fecdfab0933c9e))
+
+
+### Performance Improvements
+
+* **reporting-storage:** drop the per-object advisory lock where nothing pairs on it ([#1836](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp-client-python/issues/1836)) ([536b8f8](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp-client-python/commit/536b8f870f518e7ceab3c7a1d64aa0b229b75e8e))
+
 ## [9.5.1](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp-client-python/compare/v9.5.0...v9.5.1) (2026-11-03)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a4d5e7b02..9c196f5f8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "adcp"
-version = "9.5.1"
+version = "9.6.0"
 description = "Official Python client for the Ad Context Protocol (AdCP)"
 authors = [
     {name = "AdCP Community", email = "maintainers@adcontextprotocol.org"}