diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 7e928aed7..db7150691 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+0.96.4
+
+* fixed some difficult-to-reproduce issues that could corrupt layout.
+* optimized app resize logic so its simpler and more performant.
+* fixed issues with terminal emulators on macOS that support REP (e.g. kitty)
+  by linking against the less buggy, homebrew-provided version of ncurses.
+* upgraded to the most recent version of Android Studio tooling for the
+  musikdroid app.
+* ongoing warning cleanups against more modern compilers.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 0.96.3
 
 * fixed a bug that could cause terminal output to get corrupted when switching
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 684e48af4..7e0ea4372 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 96)
-set (musikcube_VERSION_PATCH 3)
+set (musikcube_VERSION_PATCH 4)
 set (musikcube_VERSION "${musikcube_VERSION_MAJOR}.${musikcube_VERSION_MINOR}.${musikcube_VERSION_PATCH}")
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/.cmake)
diff --git a/musikcube.spec b/musikcube.spec
index eebf808cd..36978bf75 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 0.96.3
+%define version 0.96.4
 Name: %{name}
 Version: %{version}
 Release: %{dist}
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 248931b92..e3af77d90 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: musikcube # you probably want to 'snapcraft register <name>'
-version: 0.96.3
+version: 0.96.4
 summary: a terminal-based music player, metadata indexer, and server
 description: |
   musikcube is a fully functional terminal-based music player, library, and
diff --git a/src/musikcore/version.h b/src/musikcore/version.h
index 66522e464..09e43d033 100644
--- a/src/musikcore/version.h
+++ b/src/musikcore/version.h
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
 
 #define VERSION_MAJOR 0
 #define VERSION_MINOR 96
-#define VERSION_PATCH 3
-#define VERSION_COMMIT_HASH "#b445db57"
-#define VERSION "0.96.3"
+#define VERSION_PATCH 4
+#define VERSION_COMMIT_HASH "#3c77c21e"
+#define VERSION "0.96.4"
 
 namespace musik {
     namespace cube {
diff --git a/src/musikcube/musikcube.rc b/src/musikcube/musikcube.rc
index a096b6b65..0cb1a330f 100644
Binary files a/src/musikcube/musikcube.rc and b/src/musikcube/musikcube.rc differ