diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2/template b/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
index d1b2da379a8..8582d86dcd6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'libxml2'.
 pkgname=libxml2
-version=2.9.5
+version=2.9.6
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --with-threads --with-history"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.xmlsoft.org/"
 license="MIT"
 distfiles="http://xmlsoft.org/sources/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=4031c1ecee9ce7ba4f313e91ef6284164885cdb69937a123f6a83bb6a72dcd38
+checksum=8b9038cca7240e881d462ea391882092dfdc6d4f483f72683e817be08df5ebbc
 
 LDFLAGS="-lz -llzma -lpthread"