Prepare release

Author: sebastianbergmann

ChangeLog-9.6.md

@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes of the PHPUnit 9.6 release series are documented in this file using the [Keep a CHANGELOG](https://keepachangelog.com/) principles.
 
+## [9.6.23] - 2025-05-02
+
+### Changed
+
+* [#5956](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/5956): Improved handling of deprecated `E_STRICT` constant
+* Improved message when test is considered risky for printing unexpected output
+
 ## [9.6.22] - 2024-12-05
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -162,6 +169,7 @@ All notable changes of the PHPUnit 9.6 release series are documented in this fil
 * [#5064](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/5064): Deprecate `PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase::getMockClass()`
 * [#5132](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/5132): Deprecate `Test` suffix for abstract test case classes
 
+[9.6.23]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/9.6.22...9.6.23
 [9.6.22]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/9.6.21...9.6.22
 [9.6.21]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/9.6.20...9.6.21
 [9.6.20]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/9.6.19...9.6.20

src/Runner/Version.php

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public static function id(): string
         }
 
         if (self::$version === '') {
-            self::$version = (new VersionId('9.6.22', dirname(__DIR__, 2)))->getVersion();
+            self::$version = (new VersionId('9.6.23', dirname(__DIR__, 2)))->getVersion();
 
             assert(!empty(self::$version));
         }