diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dde8595..ecd5e24 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>com.intel.jndn.utils</groupId>
 	<artifactId>jndn-utils</artifactId>
-	<version>0.9.5</version>
+	<version>0.9.6</version>
 	<name>jndn-utils</name>
 	<description>Collection of tools to simplify synchronous and asynchronous data transfer over the NDN network</description>
 	<url>https://github.com/01org/jndn-utils</url>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.named-data</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jndn</artifactId>
-			<version>0.3</version>
+			<version>RELEASE</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- Test dependencies -->
 		<dependency>