diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b36cfb5..ee58b79 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SOURCES/drgn-0.0.31.tar.gz
+SOURCES/drgn-0.0.33.tar.gz
diff --git a/.python-drgn.metadata b/.python-drgn.metadata
index 1c4cd40..5f149b7 100644
--- a/.python-drgn.metadata
+++ b/.python-drgn.metadata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-40a36081b89d0d3228cbc6fe2f0b25b0afe9a5ab SOURCES/drgn-0.0.31.tar.gz
+6dad706ad553c7345a16b941e6cb084b654ad332 SOURCES/drgn-0.0.33.tar.gz
diff --git a/SOURCES/0001-libdrgn-orc_info-work-around-ORC-backports-in-RHEL-9.patch b/SOURCES/0001-libdrgn-orc_info-work-around-ORC-backports-in-RHEL-9.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c865e7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/0001-libdrgn-orc_info-work-around-ORC-backports-in-RHEL-9.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+From 8660ee186377aabf28cd54d76beb942b9a06d09a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com>
+Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 10:43:44 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] libdrgn: orc_info: work around ORC backports in RHEL 9.6
+
+Add a special case to detect RHEL 9 kernel versions since release
+5.14.0-517.el9, and use ORC "v3" for these kernels.
+
+Fixes #578.
+
+Signed-off-by: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com>
+---
+ libdrgn/orc_info.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/libdrgn/orc_info.c b/libdrgn/orc_info.c
+index 7015d096..83ea3f4e 100644
+--- a/libdrgn/orc_info.c
++++ b/libdrgn/orc_info.c
+@@ -254,6 +254,21 @@ static int orc_version_from_osrelease(struct drgn_program *prog)
+ 	long minor = 0;
+ 	if (*p == '.')
+ 		minor = strtol(p + 1, NULL, 10);
++
++	// RHEL & derivatives started shipping backported ORC patches without
++	// the ".orc_header" section in 9.6. According to git history this was
++	// introduced in kernel version 5.14.0-517.el9. With those changes, the
++	// kernel's ORC "format" is indeed v3, but we cannot detect that without
++	// the ORC header hash. Add special-case detection for this situation.
++	// If it is fixed by including the ".orc_header" section, this fix will
++	// not be active, but will still be necessary for the already released
++	// kernels.
++	char *rhrelease = NULL;
++	if (major == 5 && minor == 14 && strstr(p, ".el9")
++	    && (rhrelease = strchr(p, '-'))
++	    && strtol(rhrelease + 1, NULL, 10) >= 517)
++		return 3;
++
+ 	if (major > 6 || (major == 6 && minor >= 4))
+ 		return 3;
+ 	else if (major == 6 && minor == 3)
+-- 
+2.52.0
+
diff --git a/SPECS/python-drgn.spec b/SPECS/python-drgn.spec
index f687a43..160fdc6 100644
--- a/SPECS/python-drgn.spec
+++ b/SPECS/python-drgn.spec
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ drgn exposes the types and variables in a program for easy, expressive
 scripting in Python.}
 
 Name:           python-%{pypi_name}
-Version:        0.0.31
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Version:        0.0.33
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Programmable debugger
 
 License:        LGPL-2.1-or-later
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 
+Patch001: 0001-libdrgn-orc_info-work-around-ORC-backports-in-RHEL-9.patch
+
 %description %{_description}
 
 %package -n     %{pypi_name}
@@ -125,6 +127,14 @@ cp -PR man/drgn.1* %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 17 2025 Philipp Rudo <prudo@redhat.com> - 0.0.33-2
+- Work around ORC backports in RHEL 9.6
+  Resolves: RHEL-136527
+
+* Thu Nov 13 2025 Philipp Rudo <prudo@redhat.com> - 0.0.33-1
+- Rebase to upstream v0.0.33
+  Resolves: RHEL-114118
+
 * Wed Jul 16 2025 Philipp Rudo <prudo@redhat.com> - 0.0.31-4
 - Fix regression in selftest introduced in 0.0.31-3