diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: tern
 Title: Create Common TLGs Used in Clinical Trials
-Version: 0.9.5.9025
+Version: 0.9.6
 Date: 2024-09-17
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Joe", "Zhu", , "joe.zhu@roche.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Imports:
     dplyr (>= 1.0.0),
     emmeans (>= 1.10.4),
     forcats (>= 1.0.0),
-    formatters (>= 0.5.9),
+    formatters (>= 0.5.8),
     ggplot2 (>= 3.5.0),
     grid,
     gridExtra (>= 2.0.0),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-# tern 0.9.5.9025
+# tern 0.9.6
 ### Enhancements
 * Added `errorbar_width` and `linetype` parameters to `g_lineplot`.
-* Reworking of `summarize_glm_count()` documentation and all its associated functions to better describe the results and the functions' purpose.
 * Added the `.formats` argument to `tabulate_rsp_subgroups` and `tabulate_survival_subgroups` to allow users to specify formats.
 * Added the `riskdiff` argument to `tabulate_rsp_subgroups` and `tabulate_survival_subgroups` to allow users to add a risk difference table column, and function `control_riskdiff` to specify settings for the risk difference column.
 * Added warning to `tabulate_rsp_subgroups` when `pval` statistic is selected but `df` has not been correctly generated to add p-values to the output table.
 * Added `n_rate` statistic as a non-default option to `estimate_incidence_rate` which returns both number of events observed and estimated incidence rate.
 * Added `fraction` statistic to the `analyze_var_count` method group.
+* Improved `summarize_glm_count()` documentation and all its associated functions to better describe the results and the functions' purpose.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
-* Fixed a bug in `a_surv_time` that threw an error when split only has `"is_event"`.
 * Added defaults for `d_count_cumulative` parameters as described in the documentation.
-* Empty levels on `g_lineplot` x-axis are not shown in either plots.
+* Fixed a bug of empty levels on `g_lineplot` x-axis were not shown in either plots.
+* Fixed a bug in `a_surv_time` that threw an error when split only has `"is_event"`.
 * Fixed disappearing line in `g_lineplot` when using only one group or strata level.
 * Fixed defaults for formats and labels in `get_formats_from_stats` and `get_labels_from_stats`.
 * Fixed bug for linear scaling factor (`scale` parameter) being applied to response but not to rate in `h_glm_count` while all distributions have logarithmic link function.