diff --git a/.github/install_bazel.sh b/.github/install_bazel.sh
index a1693b87e..471ff2b31 100644
--- a/.github/install_bazel.sh
+++ b/.github/install_bazel.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ if ! bazel version; then
     arch="arm64"
   fi
   echo "Downloading $arch Bazel binary from GitHub releases."
-  curl -L -o $HOME/bin/bazel --create-dirs "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/8.2.0/bazel-8.2.0-linux-$arch"
+  curl -L -o $HOME/bin/bazel --create-dirs "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/8.2.1/bazel-8.2.1-linux-$arch"
   chmod +x $HOME/bin/bazel
 else
   # Bazel is installed for the correct architecture
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bazel.yml b/.github/workflows/bazel.yml
index ab94f16e9..4bc19e2b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bazel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bazel.yml
@@ -21,15 +21,11 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
 
-    - name: mount bazel cache
-      uses: actions/cache@8b402f58fbc84540c8b491a91e594a4576fec3d7 # v5.0.2
-      env:
-        cache-name: bazel-cache
+    - uses: bazel-contrib/setup-bazel@0.18.0
       with:
-        path: "~/.cache/bazel"
-        key: ${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ github.ref }}
-        restore-keys: |
-          ${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ matrix.os }}-main
+        bazelisk-cache: true
+        disk-cache: ${{ github.workflow }}
+        repository-cache: true
 
     - name: build
       run: |
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e50eec91..ada04a61c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Require CMake 3.10. If available, use the policies up to CMake 3.22.
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.13...3.22)
 
-project (benchmark VERSION 1.9.4 LANGUAGES CXX)
+project (benchmark VERSION 1.9.5 LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 option(BENCHMARK_ENABLE_TESTING "Enable testing of the benchmark library." ON)
 option(BENCHMARK_ENABLE_EXCEPTIONS "Enable the use of exceptions in the benchmark library." ON)
diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 620e3d030..c162d0531 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module(
     name = "google_benchmark",
-    version = "1.9.4",
+    version = "1.9.5",
 )
 
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.7.1")
diff --git a/bindings/python/google_benchmark/__init__.py b/bindings/python/google_benchmark/__init__.py
index 040bdff0c..331a88e9b 100644
--- a/bindings/python/google_benchmark/__init__.py
+++ b/bindings/python/google_benchmark/__init__.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def my_benchmark(state):
     oNSquared as oNSquared,
 )
 
-__version__ = "1.9.4"
+__version__ = "1.9.5"
 
 
 class __OptionMaker: