diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 9f2edf3..045b033 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Dmitry
+Copyright (c) 2023-2026 Dmitry
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 19439bf..cf646f9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 <a href="https://npmjs.com/package/telegram-webapps"><img alt="npm" src="https://img.shields.io/npm/dt/telegram-webapps"/></a>
 </p>
 <p align="center">
-<a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/webapps"><img alt="Telegram Bot API Version 9.5" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Telegram%20Bot%20API-9.5-blue.svg?logo=telegram"/></a>
+<a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/webapps"><img alt="Telegram Bot API Version 9.6" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Telegram%20Bot%20API-9.6-blue.svg?logo=telegram"/></a>
 </p>
 <p align="center">
 <a href="https://github.com/DavisDmitry/telegram-webapps/actions/workflows/lint.yml"><img alt="CI Lint" src="https://github.com/DavisDmitry/telegram-webapps/actions/workflows/lint.yml/badge.svg"/></a>
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 170725e..5522cfe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "telegram-webapps",
-  "version": "9.5.0",
+  "version": "9.6.0",
   "description": "Typings for Telegram Mini Apps",
   "keywords": [
     "telegram",
diff --git a/src/index.d.ts b/src/index.d.ts
index 2361bd5..0d3d942 100644
--- a/src/index.d.ts
+++ b/src/index.d.ts
@@ -1066,6 +1066,15 @@ export declare namespace TelegramWebApps {
      * boolean indicating whether the user shared its phone number.
      */
     requestContact(callback?: (phoneNumberShared: boolean) => void): void
+    /**
+     * `Bot API 9.6+` A method that opens a dialog allowing the user to select an
+     * existing chat or create a new one. If an optional *callback* parameter is provided,
+     * the *callback* function will be called with a boolean as the first argument,
+     * indicating whether the message was successfully sent.
+     * The request id passed to this method must belong to a PreparedKeyboardButton
+     * previously obtained via the Bot API method savePreparedKeyboardButton.
+     */
+    requestChat(req_id: string, callback?: (messageSent: boolean) => void): void
     /**
      * A method that informs the Telegram app that the Web App is ready to be displayed.
      *