diff --git a/libnbd.spec b/libnbd.spec
index ea0024b..c3ba69d 100644
--- a/libnbd.spec
+++ b/libnbd.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 %global source_directory 1.9-develoment
 
 Name:           libnbd
-Version:        1.9.5
+Version:        1.9.6
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        NBD client library in userspace
 
@@ -317,6 +317,9 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags} check || {
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Sep 21 2021 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1.9.6-1
+- New upstream development version 1.9.6.
+
 * Fri Sep 03 2021 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1.9.5-1
 - New upstream development version 1.9.5.
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index fac25e2..ebfd782 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (libnbd-1.9.5.tar.gz) = a1f319986789810d6b61bb65fb24423bed53d1064cd066a82947363cb1d8f4535a4907a3cd6e92b6228bbfe135aa8e0fe112cc7bc19d3d9e2128d666057676b0
-SHA512 (libnbd-1.9.5.tar.gz.sig) = 1a570d0e4e551e59cf48f0fa73db8b0eb1ec42db7dd8d49e282d2a56fdcd39bc5d7ed1bd1903fdeb55bd618c875ebe1430fe10847fd8f3759c20ded43b4efe8c
+SHA512 (libnbd-1.9.6.tar.gz) = 0406340c2ea65f9cef75e067ac3f86fd371016ca09dbe1a9ce89e44957aef51a1f161b479b45c89c9a7a0a7b9475c9dc55b98391117012e1dea492234d3efd03
+SHA512 (libnbd-1.9.6.tar.gz.sig) = 5ebc15ee7e0200497caecdbb08d3fb828ff11c2c652292f5c8c700131e0acebcb26e6f28ae1181f6fef04cd2245a0f85d0f0c94871642d951e0885e9eec74a3c