diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8b7a6bc..615dbd0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ modsecurity-apache_2.5.12.tar.gz
 /modsecurity-2.9.3.tar.gz
 /modsecurity-2.9.4.tar.gz
 /modsecurity-2.9.5.tar.gz
+/modsecurity-2.9.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/mod_security.spec b/mod_security.spec
index cff8e9d..a0828ed 100644
--- a/mod_security.spec
+++ b/mod_security.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 Summary: Security module for the Apache HTTP Server
 Name: mod_security
-Version: 2.9.5
+Version: 2.9.6
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: ASL 2.0
 URL: http://www.modsecurity.org/
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ install -m0644 mlogc/mlogc-default.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/mlogc.conf
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Sep 14 2022 Luboš Uhliarik <luhliari@redhat.com> - 2.9.6-1
+- new version 2.9.6
+
 * Wed Aug 31 2022 Luboš Uhliarik <luhliari@redhat.com> - 2.9.5-1
 - new version 2.9.5
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 8eba7c9..5cc7b9a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (modsecurity-2.9.5.tar.gz) = eef10afbce7407038b12d3c94213a17ecadf2db9a39f15006809848717f9a0d53d52f050957e13725e972191106c54eafb8915d564e5f0756a8a93c84048a4df
+SHA512 (modsecurity-2.9.6.tar.gz) = 54b3316950094b3951fcfdd82bbacd34dfa8f5500b9a772d3296f411711bad0dcad51068b25cb2c196fdc4b2e1095d54701370d25180c0c68cf0913bd7d4ea03