example_internal_version_update.patch

diff --git a/Core/CLI/src/cli_help.cpp b/Core/CLI/src/cli_help.cpp
index e803d1fd4..ee4c25ebf 100644
--- a/Core/CLI/src/cli_help.cpp
+++ b/Core/CLI/src/cli_help.cpp
@@ -3470,7 +3470,7 @@ void initdocstrings()
 		"current state of execution and which capabilities of Soar are enabled:\n"
 		"\n"
 		"  =======================================================\n"
-		"                       Soar 9.6.3 Summary\n"
+		"                       Soar 9.6.4a1 Summary\n"
 		"  =======================================================\n"
 		"  Enabled:                         Core, EBC, SMem, EpMem\n"
 		"  Disabled:                             SVS, RL, WMA, SSA\n"
diff --git a/Core/ClientSMLSWIG/Tcl/pkgIndex_linux.tcl b/Core/ClientSMLSWIG/Tcl/pkgIndex_linux.tcl
index cb373edc0..77f470f4d 100644
--- a/Core/ClientSMLSWIG/Tcl/pkgIndex_linux.tcl
+++ b/Core/ClientSMLSWIG/Tcl/pkgIndex_linux.tcl
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 # script is sourced, the variable $dir must contain the
 # full path name of this file's directory.
 
-package ifneeded tcl_sml_clientinterface 9.6.3 [list load [file join $dir libTcl_sml_ClientInterface.so]]
+package ifneeded tcl_sml_clientinterface 9.6.4a1 [list load [file join $dir libTcl_sml_ClientInterface.so]]
diff --git a/Core/ClientSMLSWIG/Tcl/pkgIndex_mac.tcl b/Core/ClientSMLSWIG/Tcl/pkgIndex_mac.tcl
index 28956771e..1399a4c36 100644
--- a/Core/ClientSMLSWIG/Tcl/pkgIndex_mac.tcl
+++ b/Core/ClientSMLSWIG/Tcl/pkgIndex_mac.tcl
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 # script is sourced, the variable $dir must contain the
 # full path name of this file's directory.
 
-package ifneeded tcl_sml_clientinterface 9.6.3 [list load [file join $dir libTcl_sml_ClientInterface.dylib]]
+package ifneeded tcl_sml_clientinterface 9.6.4a1 [list load [file join $dir libTcl_sml_ClientInterface.dylib]]
diff --git a/Core/ClientSMLSWIG/Tcl/pkgIndex_win.tcl b/Core/ClientSMLSWIG/Tcl/pkgIndex_win.tcl
index 1239b400f..e7b6a1a97 100755
--- a/Core/ClientSMLSWIG/Tcl/pkgIndex_win.tcl
+++ b/Core/ClientSMLSWIG/Tcl/pkgIndex_win.tcl
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 # script is sourced, the variable $dir must contain the
 # full path name of this file's directory.
 
-package ifneeded tcl_sml_clientinterface 9.6.3 [list load [file join $dir Tcl_sml_ClientInterface.dll]]
+package ifneeded tcl_sml_clientinterface 9.6.4a1 [list load [file join $dir Tcl_sml_ClientInterface.dll]]
diff --git a/Core/shared/soarversion.h b/Core/shared/soarversion.h
index 8dd16e7f9..cd3cb8132 100644
--- a/Core/shared/soarversion.h
+++ b/Core/shared/soarversion.h
@@ -17,20 +17,20 @@ soar-vars.bat in root
 */
 #define MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER 9
 #define MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER 6
-#define MICRO_VERSION_NUMBER 3
-#define GREEK_VERSION_NUMBER 0
+#define MICRO_VERSION_NUMBER 4
+#define GREEK_VERSION_NUMBER "a1"
 inline const char* VERSION_STRING()
 {
-    return _soar_xstr(MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER) "." _soar_xstr(MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER) "."  _soar_xstr(MICRO_VERSION_NUMBER);
+    return _soar_xstr(MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER) "." _soar_xstr(MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER) "."  _soar_xstr(MICRO_VERSION_NUMBER) _soar_xstr(GREEK_VERSION_NUMBER);
 }
 
 #define SML_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER 9
 #define SML_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER 6
-#define SML_MICRO_VERSION_NUMBER 3
-#define SML_GREEK_VERSION_NUMBER 0
+#define SML_MICRO_VERSION_NUMBER 4
+#define SML_GREEK_VERSION_NUMBER "a1"
 inline const char* SML_VERSION_STRING()
 {
-    return _soar_xstr(SML_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER) "." _soar_xstr(SML_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER) "."  _soar_xstr(SML_MICRO_VERSION_NUMBER);
+    return _soar_xstr(SML_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER) "." _soar_xstr(SML_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER) "."  _soar_xstr(SML_MICRO_VERSION_NUMBER) _soar_xstr(GREEK_VERSION_NUMBER);
 }
 
 #endif // SOARVERSION_H
diff --git a/Java/Debugger/manifest1 b/Java/Debugger/manifest1
index 11ba6ee2a..12c7e9348 100644
--- a/Java/Debugger/manifest1
+++ b/Java/Debugger/manifest1
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ Ant-Version: Apache Ant 1.8.2
 Created-By: 1.6.0_26-b03 (Sun Microsystems Inc.)
 Title: soar-debugger
 Vendor: University of Michigan
-Date: February 24 2012 1742
-Version: 9.6.3
+Date: May 12 2025 2100
+Version: 9.6.4a1
 Built-By: Nathan Glenn
-Copyright: (c) The Regents of the University of Michigan, 2010
+Copyright: (c) The Regents of the University of Michigan, 2025
 Main-Class: edu.umich.soar.debugger.Application
 Class-Path: . soar-smljava.jar swt.jar swtgraphics2d.jar sml.jar soar-debugger-api.jar commons-cli-1.9.0.jar
 
diff --git a/Kernel.doxyfile b/Kernel.doxyfile
index 84fe677fd..95d761cd0 100644
--- a/Kernel.doxyfile
+++ b/Kernel.doxyfile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "Soar Kernel"
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 9.6.3
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 9.6.4a1
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index f56cbd295..821dbbc6e 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from build_support.tcl import prepare_for_compiling_with_tcl
 
 join = os.path.join
 
-SOAR_VERSION = "9.6.3"
+SOAR_VERSION = "9.6.4a1"
 CPP_STD_VERSION = "c++17"
 
 soarversionFile = open('soarversion', 'w')
diff --git a/SML.doxyfile b/SML.doxyfile
index 6f5619540..b0560e74b 100644
--- a/SML.doxyfile
+++ b/SML.doxyfile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "Soar SML"
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 9.6.3
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 9.6.4a1
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer
diff --git a/UnitTests/SoarUnitTests/FullTests.cpp b/UnitTests/SoarUnitTests/FullTests.cpp
index f1096a15d..2b800955c 100644
--- a/UnitTests/SoarUnitTests/FullTests.cpp
+++ b/UnitTests/SoarUnitTests/FullTests.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ void FullTests_Parent::setUp()
     no_agent_assertTrue(MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER == SML_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER);
     no_agent_assertTrue(MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER == SML_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER);
     no_agent_assertTrue(MICRO_VERSION_NUMBER == SML_MICRO_VERSION_NUMBER);
-    no_agent_assertTrue(GREEK_VERSION_NUMBER == SML_GREEK_VERSION_NUMBER);
+    no_agent_assertTrue(strcmp(GREEK_VERSION_NUMBER, SML_GREEK_VERSION_NUMBER) == 0);
     no_agent_assertTrue(strcmp(VERSION_STRING(), SML_VERSION_STRING()) == 0);
 
     m_pKernel = 0;