diff --git a/package/liburiparser/liburiparser.hash b/package/liburiparser/liburiparser.hash
index 60acca2215..8b40807541 100644
--- a/package/liburiparser/liburiparser.hash
+++ b/package/liburiparser/liburiparser.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  dd8061eba7f2e66c151722e6db0b27c972baa6215cf16f135dbe0f0a4bc6606c  uriparser-0.9.5.tar.bz2
+sha256  a288a06668528c19e85e38c508335938e1de6fdd4b8f2072401b4533fcebf644  uriparser-0.9.6.tar.xz
 sha256  287f09e6546a9610f949f89e8fb937cacfeabd7bfaa8c8a0c18312193bf04ad3  COPYING
diff --git a/package/liburiparser/liburiparser.mk b/package/liburiparser/liburiparser.mk
index c7bc604ece..c9903bd74f 100644
--- a/package/liburiparser/liburiparser.mk
+++ b/package/liburiparser/liburiparser.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBURIPARSER_VERSION = 0.9.5
-LIBURIPARSER_SOURCE = uriparser-$(LIBURIPARSER_VERSION).tar.bz2
+LIBURIPARSER_VERSION = 0.9.6
+LIBURIPARSER_SOURCE = uriparser-$(LIBURIPARSER_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBURIPARSER_SITE = https://github.com/uriparser/uriparser/releases/download/uriparser-$(LIBURIPARSER_VERSION)
 LIBURIPARSER_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 LIBURIPARSER_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING