diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 060426e3..8390860b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Release Notes
 ---
 
+## [2.9.6](https://github.com/ibis-project/ibis-substrait/compare/v2.9.5...v2.9.6) (2022-08-09)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add `VarChar` to the `_decompile_field` dispatcher ([30e1daa](https://github.com/ibis-project/ibis-substrait/commit/30e1daab51744606ae481a171d7c82f79bf52dde))
+
 ## [2.9.5](https://github.com/ibis-project/ibis-substrait/compare/v2.9.4...v2.9.5) (2022-08-01)
 
 
diff --git a/ibis_substrait/__init__.py b/ibis_substrait/__init__.py
index 933fa29c..c1467c65 100644
--- a/ibis_substrait/__init__.py
+++ b/ibis_substrait/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.9.5"
+__version__ = "2.9.6"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3f7122e4..fb753578 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "ibis-substrait"
-version = "2.9.5"
+version = "2.9.6"
 packages = [{ include = "ibis_substrait" }]
 homepage = "https://github.com/ibis-project/ibis-substrait"
 repository = "https://github.com/ibis-project/ibis-substrait"