diff --git a/README b/README
index b6e37cc..37f8255 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
                               Fontconfig
              Font configuration and customization library
-                      Version 2.13.95 (2.14 RC5)
-                              2022-02-01
+                      Version 2.13.96 (2.14 RC6)
+                              2022-02-04
 
 
 Check INSTALL for compilation and installation instructions.
 Report bugs to https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/issues/new.
 
+2.13.96 (2.14 RC6)
+
+Akira TAGOH (2):
+      Add a missing file 48-spacing.conf
+      Merge branch 'main' of ssh://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig
+
 2.13.95 (2.14 RC5)
 
 Akira TAGOH (18):
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7d96fa5..26b974a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 dnl version.  This same version number must appear in fontconfig/fontconfig.h
 dnl Yes, it is a pain to synchronize version numbers.  Unfortunately, it's
 dnl not possible to extract the version number here from fontconfig.h
-AC_INIT([fontconfig], [2.13.95], [https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/issues/new])
+AC_INIT([fontconfig], [2.13.96], [https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/issues/new])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 parallel-tests dist-xz])
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES],[AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
 
diff --git a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
index 5599628..d705ea2 100644
--- a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
+++ b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 #define FC_MAJOR	2
 #define FC_MINOR	13
-#define FC_REVISION	95
+#define FC_REVISION	96
 
 #define FC_VERSION	((FC_MAJOR * 10000) + (FC_MINOR * 100) + (FC_REVISION))
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bddb84d..ac0992b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('fontconfig', 'c',
-  version: '2.13.95',
+  version: '2.13.96',
   meson_version : '>= 0.56.0',
   default_options: [ 'buildtype=debugoptimized'],
 )