diff --git a/package/openssh/openssh.hash b/package/openssh/openssh.hash
index 4060b95e9b..618b13133d 100644
--- a/package/openssh/openssh.hash
+++ b/package/openssh/openssh.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # From https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-9.4p1
-sha256  3608fd9088db2163ceb3e600c85ab79d0de3d221e59192ea1923e23263866a85  openssh-9.4p1.tar.gz
+sha256  910211c07255a8c5ad654391b40ee59800710dd8119dd5362de09385aa7a777c  openssh-9.6p1.tar.gz
 # Locally calculated
 sha256  05c30446ba738934b3f1efa965b454c122ca26cc4b268e5ae6843f58ccd1b16d  LICENCE
diff --git a/package/openssh/openssh.mk b/package/openssh/openssh.mk
index 358ef42b6e..ec9e6613b0 100644
--- a/package/openssh/openssh.mk
+++ b/package/openssh/openssh.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-OPENSSH_VERSION_MAJOR = 9.4
+OPENSSH_VERSION_MAJOR = 9.6
 OPENSSH_VERSION_MINOR = p1
 OPENSSH_VERSION = $(OPENSSH_VERSION_MAJOR)$(OPENSSH_VERSION_MINOR)
 OPENSSH_CPE_ID_VERSION = $(OPENSSH_VERSION_MAJOR)