diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix
index dba02330380a..ce041ecf0e98 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
 
 import ./generic.nix (args // rec {
-  version = "4.9.5";
+  version = "4.9.6";
   extraMeta.branch = "4.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "fcf5c43efcc9540815dae8f4d4f73c04dca9a6906c762cbee1242fdd908cf5a7";
+    sha256 = "16yfrydxcdlbm8vmfqirc0gshsbka6mjgfwc2wqs422v19vsz4zl";
   };
 
   kernelPatches = args.kernelPatches;