diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 5717788d0..a14d73463 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "SciMLBase"
 uuid = "0bca4576-84f4-4d90-8ffe-ffa030f20462"
 authors = ["Chris Rackauckas <accounts@chrisrackauckas.com> and contributors"]
-version = "1.96.0"
+version = "1.96.1"
 
 [deps]
 ADTypes = "47edcb42-4c32-4615-8424-f2b9edc5f35b"
diff --git a/src/SciMLBase.jl b/src/SciMLBase.jl
index 1d734b410..e4d1e371f 100644
--- a/src/SciMLBase.jl
+++ b/src/SciMLBase.jl
@@ -660,6 +660,7 @@ function specialization(::Union{ODEFunction{iip, specialize},
     OptimizationFunction{iip, specialize},
     BVPFunction{iip, specialize}}) where {iip,
     specialize}
+    specialize
 end
 
 specialization(f::AbstractSciMLFunction) = FullSpecialize