diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 2b9f34d37..2c13487c3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+0.99.6
+
+* added some homebrew workarounds to the build process.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 0.99.5
 
 * fixed a bug in `ffmpegdecoder` that could cause the app to crash when
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8cbb04f02..3477cca6d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 project(musikcube)
 set (musikcube_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set (musikcube_VERSION_MINOR 99)
-set (musikcube_VERSION_PATCH 5)
+set (musikcube_VERSION_PATCH 6)
 set (musikcube_VERSION "${musikcube_VERSION_MAJOR}.${musikcube_VERSION_MINOR}.${musikcube_VERSION_PATCH}")
 set (LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH ${musikcube_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/plugins)
 set (EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${musikcube_SOURCE_DIR}/bin)
diff --git a/musikcube.spec b/musikcube.spec
index a4a3eac5f..8121ee848 100644
--- a/musikcube.spec
+++ b/musikcube.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %define name musikcube
 %define build_timestamp %{lua: print(os.date("%Y%m%d"))}
-%define version 0.99.5
+%define version 0.99.6
 Name: %{name}
 Version: %{version}
 Release: %{dist}
diff --git a/src/musikcore/sdk/version.h b/src/musikcore/sdk/version.h
index a9bdf37b3..a5003100a 100644
--- a/src/musikcore/sdk/version.h
+++ b/src/musikcore/sdk/version.h
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@
 
 #define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_MAJOR 0
 #define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_MINOR 99
-#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_PATCH 5
-#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION "0.99.5"
-#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_COMMIT_HASH "#0d4f3b0f"
-#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_WITH_COMMIT_HASH "0.99.5-#0d4f3b0f"
+#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_PATCH 6
+#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION "0.99.6"
+#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_COMMIT_HASH "#c7dca8cf"
+#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_WITH_COMMIT_HASH "0.99.6-#c7dca8cf"
 
 namespace musik {
     namespace cube {
diff --git a/src/musikcube/musikcube.rc b/src/musikcube/musikcube.rc
index 51b977a17..44b370601 100644
Binary files a/src/musikcube/musikcube.rc and b/src/musikcube/musikcube.rc differ