diff --git a/python/CHANGELOG.md b/python/CHANGELOG.md
index fd9632549..c8e3e90b2 100644
--- a/python/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/python/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [v0.9.6] - December 22, 2025
+- [Add support for tags in RuleConfigs](https://github.com/sift-stack/sift/pull/438)
+
 ## [v0.9.5] - December 12, 2025
 - [Reduce API calls when creating rules with caching](https://github.com/sift-stack/sift/pull/430)
 
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index 0c350a71a..ae04a5f0b 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "sift_stack_py"
-version = "0.9.5"
+version = "0.9.6"
 description = "Python client library for the Sift API"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }