diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index dc8457da5..1fc13bc99 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+0.96.14
+
+* no functional changes to the app
+* continued re-architecture of build and app packing infrastructure
+  to support "standalone"/"portable" builds for non-Windows platforms.
+  these changes allow us to build a much smaller set of binaries for
+  distribution that are more universally compatible across different
+  versions of macOS and Linux distributions.
+
 0.96.13
 
 * macOS and Linux only release that fixes standalone binaries.
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a65204eeb..f40f73f72 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 13)
+set (musikcube_VERSION_PATCH 14)
 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 33965a3ca..07984a0a9 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 0.96.13
+%define version 0.96.14
 Name: %{name}
 Version: %{version}
 Release: %{dist}
diff --git a/src/musikcore/version.h b/src/musikcore/version.h
index aae4e35fe..2dece85cd 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 13
-#define VERSION_COMMIT_HASH "#7ec96630"
-#define VERSION "0.96.13"
+#define VERSION_PATCH 14
+#define VERSION_COMMIT_HASH "#c98dc3d1"
+#define VERSION "0.96.14"
 
 namespace musik {
     namespace cube {
diff --git a/src/musikcube/musikcube.rc b/src/musikcube/musikcube.rc
index 5abe70ace..c170a75f6 100644
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