diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0f9a20be7..b52f2f157 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+## v3.96.2
 * Fixed broken metric `ydb_go_sdk_ydb_database_sql_conns`
 
 ## v3.96.1
diff --git a/internal/version/version.go b/internal/version/version.go
index 2b8ab841b..64a526540 100644
--- a/internal/version/version.go
+++ b/internal/version/version.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package version
 const (
 	Major = "3"
 	Minor = "96"
-	Patch = "1"
+	Patch = "2"
 
 	Package = "ydb-go-sdk"
 )