diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d4daf75..0adeff7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SOURCES/modsecurity-2.9.3.tar.gz
+SOURCES/modsecurity-2.9.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/.mod_security.metadata b/.mod_security.metadata
index 4a7c667..78fb9fc 100644
--- a/.mod_security.metadata
+++ b/.mod_security.metadata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4fb70cc8284cf1b29eabb19b5f247351cbb82def SOURCES/modsecurity-2.9.3.tar.gz
+1f9b8f5d6462770d917d2ea3f3586618c37ba158 SOURCES/modsecurity-2.9.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/SPECS/mod_security.spec b/SPECS/mod_security.spec
index e84d599..f1d9851 100644
--- a/SPECS/mod_security.spec
+++ b/SPECS/mod_security.spec
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 
 Summary: Security module for the Apache HTTP Server
 Name: mod_security
-Version: 2.9.3
-Release: 12%{?dist}
+Version: 2.9.6
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: ASL 2.0
 URL: http://www.modsecurity.org/
 Source: https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/releases/download/v%{version}/modsecurity-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ install -m0644 mlogc/mlogc-default.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/mlogc.conf
 * Wed Mar 15 2023 MSVSphere Packaging Team <packager@msvsphere.ru> - 2.9.3-12
 - Rebuilt for MSVSphere 9.1.
 
+* Wed Nov 16 2022 Luboš Uhliarik <luhliari@redhat.com> - 2.9.6-1
+- new version 2.9.6
+- Resolves: #2143211 - [RFE] upgrade mod_security to 2.9.6
+
 * Mon Aug 09 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 2.9.3-12
 - Rebuilt for IMA sigs, glibc 2.34, aarch64 flags
   Related: rhbz#1991688