diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 61921bd..b56ebb9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ drbd-8.3.7.tar.gz
 /drbd-utils-8.9.3.tar.gz
 /drbd-utils-8.9.4.tar.gz
 /drbd-utils-8.9.5.tar.gz
+/drbd-utils-8.9.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/drbd.spec b/drbd.spec
index 3b12514..7b0e5bf 100644
--- a/drbd.spec
+++ b/drbd.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Name: drbd
 Summary: DRBD user-land tools and scripts 
-Version: 8.9.5
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Version: 8.9.6
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Source0: http://oss.linbit.com/%{name}/%{name}-utils-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1: drbd.service
 Source2: drbd.ocf
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ management utility.
 %systemd_preun sshd.service
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Feb 05 2016 Major Hayden <major@mhtx.net> - 8.9.6-1
+- Upstream release of 8.9.6
+
 * Wed Feb 03 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 8.9.5-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 2e07a01..c432a0d 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-197b56c27df329d42c54efda56634e09  drbd-utils-8.9.5.tar.gz
+76ed6d3190cd77b00890f3365353124b  drbd-utils-8.9.6.tar.gz