diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eefe1ce88..db0310b8e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 9.6.1 (under construction) - see https://github.com/flyingsaucerproject/flyingsaucer/milestone/11
+## 9.7.0 (under construction) - see https://github.com/flyingsaucerproject/flyingsaucer/milestone/12
 * ...
 
+## 9.6.1 (released 10.03.2024) - see https://github.com/flyingsaucerproject/flyingsaucer/milestone/11?closed=1
+* #276 never consider table cells as "floated" (even if they have style "float: left" or "float:right") (#283)
+* refactoring (remove unused methods, convert classes to records etc.) (#281) (#284)
+* refactoring: make most of `setDocument()` methods private (#281)
+* make toString method of Box elements more easily readable (#283)
+
 ## 9.6.0 (released 07.03.2024) - see https://github.com/flyingsaucerproject/flyingsaucer/milestone/10?closed=1
 * Require Java 17 or later
 * Bump openpdf from 1.3.40 to 2.0.1 (#274) (#278)
diff --git a/flying-saucer-core/pom.xml b/flying-saucer-core/pom.xml
index 93223c49e..ca9e7af26 100644
--- a/flying-saucer-core/pom.xml
+++ b/flying-saucer-core/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.xhtmlrenderer</groupId>
     <artifactId>flying-saucer-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>9.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>9.6.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/flying-saucer-examples/pom.xml b/flying-saucer-examples/pom.xml
index f79f218b9..0d3cdee13 100644
--- a/flying-saucer-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/flying-saucer-examples/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.xhtmlrenderer</groupId>
     <artifactId>flying-saucer-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>9.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>9.6.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/flying-saucer-fop/pom.xml b/flying-saucer-fop/pom.xml
index c5c65ca8b..f55fd4f12 100644
--- a/flying-saucer-fop/pom.xml
+++ b/flying-saucer-fop/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.xhtmlrenderer</groupId>
     <artifactId>flying-saucer-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>9.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>9.6.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/flying-saucer-log4j/pom.xml b/flying-saucer-log4j/pom.xml
index 840fc2639..f513d60f7 100644
--- a/flying-saucer-log4j/pom.xml
+++ b/flying-saucer-log4j/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.xhtmlrenderer</groupId>
     <artifactId>flying-saucer-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>9.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>9.6.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/flying-saucer-pdf-itext5/pom.xml b/flying-saucer-pdf-itext5/pom.xml
index 675f5981f..7c860eee8 100644
--- a/flying-saucer-pdf-itext5/pom.xml
+++ b/flying-saucer-pdf-itext5/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.xhtmlrenderer</groupId>
     <artifactId>flying-saucer-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>9.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>9.6.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/flying-saucer-pdf-osgi/pom.xml b/flying-saucer-pdf-osgi/pom.xml
index 314e2d5c0..4c8779991 100644
--- a/flying-saucer-pdf-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/flying-saucer-pdf-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.xhtmlrenderer</groupId>
     <artifactId>flying-saucer-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>9.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>9.6.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/flying-saucer-pdf/pom.xml b/flying-saucer-pdf/pom.xml
index 41c00e430..f74b02934 100644
--- a/flying-saucer-pdf/pom.xml
+++ b/flying-saucer-pdf/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.xhtmlrenderer</groupId>
     <artifactId>flying-saucer-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>9.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>9.6.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/flying-saucer-swt-examples/pom.xml b/flying-saucer-swt-examples/pom.xml
index 503174681..dc2c48df3 100644
--- a/flying-saucer-swt-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/flying-saucer-swt-examples/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.xhtmlrenderer</groupId>
     <artifactId>flying-saucer-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>9.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>9.6.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/flying-saucer-swt/pom.xml b/flying-saucer-swt/pom.xml
index 6a50a7335..c005c0616 100644
--- a/flying-saucer-swt/pom.xml
+++ b/flying-saucer-swt/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.xhtmlrenderer</groupId>
     <artifactId>flying-saucer-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>9.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>9.6.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d2fbc60e1..d1de2db08 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.xhtmlrenderer</groupId>
   <artifactId>flying-saucer-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>9.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>9.6.1</version>
 
   <packaging>pom</packaging>