diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 2a7702f458..46940875d3 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-    ".": "1.95.0"
+    ".": "1.96.0"
 }
   
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4f78cf643a..c0dc78e74e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [1.96.0](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/compare/v1.95.0...v1.96.0) (2026-02-19)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **generation:** update request builders and models ([aae8c3e](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/commit/aae8c3ea4530271a08d220b3bbdc9a4665891500))
+
 ## [1.95.0](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/compare/v1.94.0...v1.95.0) (2026-02-05)
 
 
diff --git a/graph_request_adapter.go b/graph_request_adapter.go
index b2fe2cd176..ba01e376f5 100644
--- a/graph_request_adapter.go
+++ b/graph_request_adapter.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var clientOptions = core.GraphClientOptions{
 	GraphServiceVersion: "", //v1 doesn't include the service version in the telemetry header
 	/** The SDK version */
 	// x-release-please-start-version
-	GraphServiceLibraryVersion: "1.95.0",
+	GraphServiceLibraryVersion: "1.96.0",
 	// x-release-please-end
 }