diff --git a/TODO-RELEASE b/TODO-RELEASE
index 17f6521..fb0bfea 100644
--- a/TODO-RELEASE
+++ b/TODO-RELEASE
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+# When cleaning up this file: bump API version in corresponding Makefile.am and rename corresponding debian/lib*.install
+# according to https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/html_node/Updating-version-info.html#Updating-version-info
+# In short:
+# LIBVERSION=c:r:a
+# If the library source code has changed at all since the last update, then increment revision: c:r + 1:a.
+# If any interfaces have been added, removed, or changed since the last update: c + 1:0:0.
+# If any interfaces have been added since the last public release: c:r:a + 1.
+# If any interfaces have been removed or changed since the last public release: c:r:0.
 #library	what			description / commit summary line
-libosmogsm	internal API update	Internal API for GPRS cipher implementors updated to accommodate for arbitrary key lengths
-libosmocore	change major	external talloc dependency / internal talloc removal
-libosmocore	change major	size of ph_data_param struct changed / Extend L1SAP PH-DATA with presence information
-libosmocore	change major	size of ph_data_param struct changed / Extend L1SAP PH-DATA with measurement information
-libosmocore	change major	size of ph_tch_param struct changed / Extend with RTP Marker
-libosmocore	change major	size of struct log_target changed / Extend with GSMTAP
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0877d27..a5ca3d6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,29 @@
+libosmocore (0.9.6) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * doc: osmocom-authn-protocol.txt: fix numbering, mark unused sync msgs
+  * New upstream release of libosmocore.
+
+ -- Max <msuraev@sysmocom.de>  Tue, 13 Dec 2016 18:23:56 +0100
+
+libosmocore (0.9.5) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * fix: DLGSUP logging category "unusable"
+  * New upstream release of libosmocore.
+  * ph_data_param struct changed / Extend L1SAP PH-DATA with measurement information
+  * size of ph_tch_param struct changed / Extend with RTP Marker
+  * size of struct log_target changed / Extend with GSMTAP
+
+ -- Max <msuraev@sysmocom.de>  Tue, 13 Dec 2016 18:22:56 +0100
+
+libosmocore (0.9.4) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream release of libosmocore.
+  * Internal API for GPRS cipher implementors updated to accommodate for arbitrary key lengths
+  * external talloc dependency / internal talloc removal
+  * size of ph_data_param struct changed / Extend L1SAP PH-DATA with presence information
+
+ -- Max <msuraev@sysmocom.de>  Tue, 13 Dec 2016 18:21:56 +0100
+
 libosmocore (0.9.3) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Send all stats values after re-configuration.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 468bd07..c91ce77 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 Package: libosmocore
 Section: libs
 Architecture: any
-Depends: libosmocodec0, libosmocore7, libosmogb4, libosmogsm5, libosmovty3, libosmoctrl0, ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: libosmocodec0, libosmocore8, libosmogb4, libosmogsm7, libosmovty3, libosmoctrl0, ${misc:Depends}
 Multi-Arch: foreign
 Description: Open Source MObile COMmunications CORE library
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 Multi-Arch: same
 Description: Osmo codec library
 
-Package: libosmocore7
+Package: libosmocore8
 Section: libs
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 Multi-Arch: same
 Description: Osmo GPRS GB library
 
-Package: libosmogsm5
+Package: libosmogsm7
 Section: libs
 Architecture: any
 Build-Depends: python (>= 2.7.6)
diff --git a/debian/libosmocore7.install b/debian/libosmocore8.install
similarity index 100%
rename from debian/libosmocore7.install
rename to debian/libosmocore8.install
diff --git a/debian/libosmogsm5.install b/debian/libosmogsm7.install
similarity index 100%
rename from debian/libosmogsm5.install
rename to debian/libosmogsm7.install
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 6a9c675..0cf2665 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # This is _NOT_ the library release version, it's an API version.
-# Please read Chapter 6 "Library interface versions" of the libtool documentation before making any modification
-LIBVERSION=7:0:0
+# Please read chapter "Library interface versions" of the libtool documentation
+# before making any modifications: https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/html_node/Versioning.html
+LIBVERSION=8:0:0
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_builddir)/include
 AM_CFLAGS = -Wall $(TALLOC_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/src/codec/Makefile.am b/src/codec/Makefile.am
index 5c69c28..f61d2fe 100644
--- a/src/codec/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/codec/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # This is _NOT_ the library release version, it's an API version.
-# Please read Chapter 6 "Library interface versions" of the libtool documentation before making any modification
+# Please read chapter "Library interface versions" of the libtool documentation
+# before making any modifications: https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/html_node/Versioning.html
 LIBVERSION=0:0:0
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/include $(TALLOC_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/src/ctrl/Makefile.am b/src/ctrl/Makefile.am
index b4a3da4..8bf3442 100644
--- a/src/ctrl/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/ctrl/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # This is _NOT_ the library release version, it's an API version.
-# Please read Chapter 6 "Library interface versions" of the libtool documentation before making any modification
+# Please read chapter "Library interface versions" of the libtool documentation
+# before making any modifications: https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/html_node/Versioning.html
 LIBVERSION=0:0:0
 
 AM_CFLAGS = -Wall $(all_includes) -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_builddir)/include $(TALLOC_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/src/gsm/Makefile.am b/src/gsm/Makefile.am
index 4ea55e1..4ec441f 100644
--- a/src/gsm/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/gsm/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # This is _NOT_ the library release version, it's an API version.
-# Please read Chapter 6 "Library interface versions" of the libtool documentation before making any modification
-LIBVERSION=6:0:1
+# Please read chapter "Library interface versions" of the libtool documentation
+# before making any modifications: https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/html_node/Versioning.html
+LIBVERSION=7:0:1
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_builddir)/include $(TALLOC_CFLAGS)
 AM_CFLAGS = -Wall ${GCC_FVISIBILITY_HIDDEN}
diff --git a/src/sim/Makefile.am b/src/sim/Makefile.am
index bcdaf21..4d21f2a 100644
--- a/src/sim/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/sim/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # This is _NOT_ the library release version, it's an API version.
-# Please read Chapter 6 "Library interface versions" of the libtool documentation before making any modification
+# Please read chapter "Library interface versions" of the libtool documentation
+# before making any modifications: https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/html_node/Versioning.html
 LIBVERSION=0:0:0
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = $(all_includes) -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_builddir)/include
diff --git a/src/vty/Makefile.am b/src/vty/Makefile.am
index 620a8cb..52cdc8e 100644
--- a/src/vty/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/vty/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # This is _NOT_ the library release version, it's an API version.
-# Please read Chapter 6 "Library interface versions" of the libtool documentation before making any modification
+# Please read chapter "Library interface versions" of the libtool documentation
+# before making any modifications: https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/html_node/Versioning.html
 LIBVERSION=3:0:0
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_builddir)/include