Prepare release

Author: sebastianbergmann

ChangeLog-9.6.md

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 All notable changes of the PHPUnit 9.6 release series are documented in this file using the [Keep a CHANGELOG](https://keepachangelog.com/) principles.
 
+## [9.6.28] - 2025-09-23
+
+* No changes; `phpunit.phar` rebuilt with updated dependencies
+
 ## [9.6.27] - 2025-09-14
 
 ### Changed
@@ -194,6 +198,7 @@ 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
 
+[9.6.28]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/9.6.27...9.6.28
 [9.6.27]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/9.6.26...9.6.27
 [9.6.26]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/9.6.25...9.6.26
 [9.6.25]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/9.6.24...9.6.25

src/Runner/Version.php

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public static function id(): string
         }
 
         if (self::$version === '') {
-            self::$version = (new VersionId('9.6.27', dirname(__DIR__, 2)))->getVersion();
+            self::$version = (new VersionId('9.6.28', dirname(__DIR__, 2)))->getVersion();
 
             assert(!empty(self::$version));
         }