diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8628b0c..b5d581a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0.295
+1.0.296
diff --git a/sky130/Makefile.in b/sky130/Makefile.in
index 9373208..1461b3e 100644
--- a/sky130/Makefile.in
+++ b/sky130/Makefile.in
@@ -1634,7 +1634,12 @@
 		-link_from ${DIST_LINK_TARGETS_A} 2>&1 | tee -a ${SKY130A}_install.log
 	echo "Ended SKY130 PDK migration on "`date` >> ${SKY130A}_install.log
 
-install-B:
+# NOTE: if DIST_LINK_TARGETS_B points back to the A variant, then the install
+# of B depends on the install of A.  Can't think of a way to make the dependency
+# itself depend on the value of DIST_LINK_TARGETS_B, so I'm just forcing the
+# install to always be sequential:  install A first, then B.
+
+install-B: install-A
 	echo "Starting SKY130 PDK migration on "`date` > ${SKY130B}_install.log
 	${INSTALL} \
 		-source ${STAGING_PATH}/${SKY130B} \