diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 05a8a10..7d2a31a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /modsecurity-2.9.2.tar.gz
+/modsecurity-2.9.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/mod_security.spec b/mod_security.spec
index d0e4001..02f036c 100644
--- a/mod_security.spec
+++ b/mod_security.spec
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 
 Summary: Security module for the Apache HTTP Server
 Name: mod_security 
-Version: 2.9.2
-Release: 9%{?dist}
+Version: 2.9.6
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: ASL 2.0
 URL: http://www.modsecurity.org/
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ install -m0644 mlogc/mlogc-default.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/mlogc.conf
 
 
 %files
-%doc CHANGES LICENSE README.TXT NOTICE
+%doc CHANGES LICENSE README.* NOTICE
 %{_httpd_moddir}/mod_security2.so
 %config(noreplace) %{_httpd_confdir}/*.conf
 %if "%{_httpd_modconfdir}" != "%{_httpd_confdir}"
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ install -m0644 mlogc/mlogc-default.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/mlogc.conf
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Dec 08 2022 Luboš Uhliarik <luhliari@redhat.com> - 2.9.6-1
+- new version 2.9.6
+- Resolves: #2143207 - [RFE] upgrade mod_security to 2.9.6
+
 * Sun Nov 15 2020 Lubos Uhliarik <luhliari@redhat.com> - 2.9.2-9
 - Resolves: #1824859 - RFE: Add a feature that can set a mod_security/libcurl
   timeout for retrieving the rules
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 8bf2edd..5cc7b9a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (modsecurity-2.9.2.tar.gz) = 69c87ef6f7b6411f4803eb25af32969a1da59722121257c2edf345a3f5a4ab9ae8a49c886cbbfc722c5bda91c6d6ea55232f968c0a0407d7d7b3af53dc862c21
+SHA512 (modsecurity-2.9.6.tar.gz) = 54b3316950094b3951fcfdd82bbacd34dfa8f5500b9a772d3296f411711bad0dcad51068b25cb2c196fdc4b2e1095d54701370d25180c0c68cf0913bd7d4ea03