diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b689243..2709ccf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.36.96](https://github.com/azerozero/grob/compare/v0.36.95...v0.36.96) - 2026-08-06
+
+### Other
+
+- delete the dead trait mocks and four redundant docs ([#543](https://github.com/azerozero/grob/pull/543))
+- *(compliance)* correct AI Act article numbers and scope NIS2 honestly ([#542](https://github.com/azerozero/grob/pull/542))
+- *(agents)* guard the streaming attribution path ([#541](https://github.com/azerozero/grob/pull/541))
+- *(agents)* record the request path and the mutation findings ([#540](https://github.com/azerozero/grob/pull/540))
+
 ## [0.36.95](https://github.com/azerozero/grob/compare/v0.36.94...v0.36.95) - 2026-08-05
 
 ### Other
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 438a4fc..b46598f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1826,7 +1826,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "grob"
-version = "0.36.95"
+version = "0.36.96"
 dependencies = [
  "aes-gcm",
  "age",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 19c3541..b5b6683 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "grob"
-version = "0.36.95"
+version = "0.36.96"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 description = "High-performance LLM routing proxy — routes to Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek, Ollama & more with streaming, tool calling, and multi-provider fallback"