diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
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--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 2.9.6
+
+- fixed a typo in the license of some login_methods code. It is now LGPL consistently with the rest of the web2py code. This change applied to all previous web2py versions.
+
 ## 2.9.1 - 2.9.5
 
 - many small but important bug fixes
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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--- a/VERSION
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@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.9.5-trunk+timestamp.2014.03.28.21.24.22
+Version 2.9.5-trunk+timestamp.2014.03.29.00.57.10