diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c8514b3..12c98309 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [Unreleased](https://github.com/openfga/java-sdk/compare/v0.9.5...HEAD)
+## [Unreleased](https://github.com/openfga/java-sdk/compare/v0.9.6...HEAD)
+
+## v0.9.6
+
+### [0.9.6](https://github.com/openfga/java-sdk/compare/v0.9.5...v0.9.6) (2026-02-18)
+
+### Added
+- Introduced `ApiExecutor` for executing custom HTTP requests to OpenFGA API endpoints (#273, #277)
+
+### Breaking Changes
+- Minimum Java version requirement increased to Java 17 (#282) - Java 11 support removed (#282)
 
 ## v0.9.5
 
@@ -9,8 +19,6 @@
 ### Added
 - feat: support for streamed list objects (#252, #272)
 
-### Added
-- Introduced `ApiExecutor` for executing custom HTTP requests to OpenFGA API endpoints
 
 ## v0.9.4
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 95c7c927..268b9657 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ It can be used with the following:
 * Gradle (Groovy)
 
 ```groovy
-implementation 'dev.openfga:openfga-sdk:0.9.5'
+implementation 'dev.openfga:openfga-sdk:0.9.6'
 ```
 
 * Gradle (Kotlin)
 
 ```kotlin
-implementation("dev.openfga:openfga-sdk:0.9.5")
+implementation("dev.openfga:openfga-sdk:0.9.6")
 ```
 
 * Apache Maven
@@ -98,26 +98,26 @@ implementation("dev.openfga:openfga-sdk:0.9.5")
 <dependency>
     <groupId>dev.openfga</groupId>
     <artifactId>openfga-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>0.9.5</version>
+    <version>0.9.6</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
 * Ivy
 
 ```xml
-<dependency org="dev.openfga" name="openfga-sdk" rev="0.9.5"/>
+<dependency org="dev.openfga" name="openfga-sdk" rev="0.9.6"/>
 ```
 
 * SBT
 
 ```scala
-libraryDependencies += "dev.openfga" % "openfga-sdk" % "0.9.5"
+libraryDependencies += "dev.openfga" % "openfga-sdk" % "0.9.6"
 ```
 
 * Leiningen
 
 ```edn
-[dev.openfga/openfga-sdk "0.9.5"]
+[dev.openfga/openfga-sdk "0.9.6"]
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4e0ce09a..915644d7 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ plugins {
 apply from: 'publish.gradle'
 
 group = 'dev.openfga'
-version = '0.9.5'
+version = '0.9.6'
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
diff --git a/examples/basic-examples/build.gradle b/examples/basic-examples/build.gradle
index 116ce38a..bf6fe630 100644
--- a/examples/basic-examples/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/basic-examples/build.gradle
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ ext {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation("dev.openfga:openfga-sdk:0.9.5")
+    implementation("dev.openfga:openfga-sdk:0.9.6")
 
     // Serialization
     implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:$jacksonVersion")
diff --git a/examples/opentelemetry/build.gradle b/examples/opentelemetry/build.gradle
index d3a5f375..cb54779d 100644
--- a/examples/opentelemetry/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/opentelemetry/build.gradle
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 ext {
-    fgaSdkVersion = "0.9.5"
+    fgaSdkVersion = "0.9.6"
     openTelemetryVersion = "1.58.0"
     openTelemetryAlphaVersion = "1.58.0-alpha"
 }
diff --git a/examples/streamed-list-objects/build.gradle b/examples/streamed-list-objects/build.gradle
index 89390cfb..91434675 100644
--- a/examples/streamed-list-objects/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/streamed-list-objects/build.gradle
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ext {
 
 dependencies {
     // Use local build of SDK
-    implementation files('../../build/libs/openfga-sdk-0.9.5.jar')
+    implementation files('../../build/libs/openfga-sdk-0.9.6.jar')
 
     // OpenFGA Language SDK for DSL transformation
     implementation("dev.openfga:openfga-language:v0.2.0-beta.1")
diff --git a/publish.gradle b/publish.gradle
index ec1119e4..83086e02 100644
--- a/publish.gradle
+++ b/publish.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ publishing {
             pom {
                 group = 'dev.openfga'
                 name = 'openfga-sdk'
-                version = '0.9.5'
+                version = '0.9.6'
                 description = 'This is an autogenerated Java SDK for OpenFGA. It provides a wrapper around the [OpenFGA API definition](https://openfga.dev/api).'
                 url = 'https://openfga.dev'
                 licenses {
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/constants/FgaConstants.java b/src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/constants/FgaConstants.java
index 2b0e6668..44b3026d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/constants/FgaConstants.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/constants/FgaConstants.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 public final class FgaConstants {
 
     /** Version of the OpenFGA Java SDK. */
-    public static final String SDK_VERSION = "0.9.5";
+    public static final String SDK_VERSION = "0.9.6";
 
     /** User agent used in HTTP requests. */
     public static final String USER_AGENT = "openfga-sdk java/" + SDK_VERSION;