diff --git a/guidelines/xml/driver.xml b/guidelines/xml/driver.xml
index e7f2708ce..548223101 100644
--- a/guidelines/xml/driver.xml
+++ b/guidelines/xml/driver.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ End license statement: do not remove -->
     <teiHeader>
         <fileDesc>
             <titleStmt>
-                <title>EpiDoc Guidelines <seg type="version">post-9.5</seg></title> 
+                <title>EpiDoc Guidelines <seg type="version">9.6 candidate</seg></title> 
             </titleStmt>
             <publicationStmt>
                 <p>Released under GNU GPL 3.0</p>