From bf309e40002f482217865f1ef47803f5e6768614 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Khyl <nickk@tailscale.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:34:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] VERSION.txt: this is v1.96.3

Signed-off-by: Nick Khyl <nickk@tailscale.com>
---
 VERSION.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 4e28d4dc5..52f38f56e 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.96.2
+1.96.3