diff --git a/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/api_version.py b/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/api_version.py
index 91d803b28d..a572432d48 100644
--- a/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/api_version.py
+++ b/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/api_version.py
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 """InvenTree API version information."""
 
 # InvenTree API version
-INVENTREE_API_VERSION = 295
+INVENTREE_API_VERSION = 296
 
 """Increment this API version number whenever there is a significant change to the API that any clients need to know about."""
 
 
 INVENTREE_API_TEXT = """
 
+v296 - 2024-12-27 - https://github.com/inventree/InvenTree/pull/8438
+    - Adjustments to the CustomUserState API endpoints and serializers
+
 v295 - 2024-12-23 : https://github.com/inventree/InvenTree/pull/8746
     - Improve API documentation for build APIs