diff --git a/package/libssh/libssh.hash b/package/libssh/libssh.hash
index bc6fa3f1f8..4dbab11374 100644
--- a/package/libssh/libssh.hash
+++ b/package/libssh/libssh.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
-# https://www.libssh.org/files/0.9/libssh-0.9.5.tar.xz.asc
+# https://www.libssh.org/files/0.9/libssh-0.9.6.tar.xz.asc
 # with key 8DFF53E18F2ABC8D8F3C92237EE0FC4DCC014E3D
-sha256  acffef2da98e761fc1fd9c4fddde0f3af60ab44c4f5af05cd1b2d60a3fa08718  libssh-0.9.5.tar.xz
+sha256  86bcf885bd9b80466fe0e05453c58b877df61afa8ba947a58c356d7f0fab829b  libssh-0.9.6.tar.xz
 sha256  1656186e951db1c010a8485481fa94587f7e53a26d24976bef97945ad0c4df5a  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libssh/libssh.mk b/package/libssh/libssh.mk
index eeb5d8489a..4cadf83aee 100644
--- a/package/libssh/libssh.mk
+++ b/package/libssh/libssh.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 LIBSSH_VERSION_MAJOR = 0.9
-LIBSSH_VERSION = $(LIBSSH_VERSION_MAJOR).5
+LIBSSH_VERSION = $(LIBSSH_VERSION_MAJOR).6
 LIBSSH_SOURCE = libssh-$(LIBSSH_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBSSH_SITE = https://www.libssh.org/files/$(LIBSSH_VERSION_MAJOR)
 LIBSSH_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1