diff --git a/cracklib-2.9.5.tar.gz b/cracklib-2.9.5.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 12c4c63..0000000
--- a/cracklib-2.9.5.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:59ab0138bc8cf90cccb8509b6969a024d5e58d2d02bcbdccbb9ba9b88be3fa33
-size 622499
diff --git a/cracklib-2.9.6.tar.gz b/cracklib-2.9.6.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2426eff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cracklib-2.9.6.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:17cf76943de272fd579ed831a1fd85339b393f8d00bf9e0d17c91e972f583343
+size 642402
diff --git a/cracklib.changes b/cracklib.changes
index 4ca4198..462ee08 100644
--- a/cracklib.changes
+++ b/cracklib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Nov 11 04:46:42 UTC 2017 - aavindraa@gmail.com
+
+- Update to 2.9.6
+  * fix issue with sort and locale
+  * some particularly bad cases to the cracklib small dictionary
+  * updates to cracklib-words (adds a bunch of other dictionary lists)
+  * migration to github
+- run spec-cleaner
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec 12 16:31:23 UTC 2016 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/cracklib.spec b/cracklib.spec
index 965c8e7..8a3ab35 100644
--- a/cracklib.spec
+++ b/cracklib.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package cracklib
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 
 
 Name:           cracklib
-Version:        2.9.5
+Version:        2.9.6
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Library to crack passwords using dictionaries
 License:        LGPL-2.1
 Group:          System/Libraries
 Url:            http://sourceforge.net/projects/cracklib
-Source:         http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cracklib/cracklib-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source:         https://github.com/%{name}/%{name}/releases/download/%{name}-%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source2:        baselibs.conf
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE (should be upstreamed)
 # Remove support for broken 64bit indexes from magic entry [bnc#106007]
@@ -36,12 +36,11 @@ BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  gzip
 BuildRequires:  libtool
+BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
+Requires:       cracklib-dict
 %if ! 0%{?is_opensuse}
 BuildRequires:  translation-update-upstream
 %endif
-BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
-Requires:       cracklib-dict
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
 CrackLib tests passwords to determine whether they match
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/lib
-make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install %{?_smp_mflags}
+%make_install
 # libtool is broken by design, remove this *.la files ...
 rm %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/libcrack.la
 # set executable
@@ -137,16 +136,13 @@ nm -C -D %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libcrack.so.2 | grep ' T '
 make %{?_smp_mflags} check
 
 %post -n libcrack2 -p /sbin/ldconfig
-
 %postun -n libcrack2 -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files -n libcrack2
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_libdir}/libcrack.so.2
 %{_libdir}/libcrack.so.2.*
 
 %files -f %{name}.lang
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc README README-WORDS NEWS README-LICENSE README-DAWG AUTHORS COPYING.LIB
 %{_sbindir}/create-cracklib-dict
 %{_sbindir}/mkdict
@@ -162,13 +158,11 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags} check
 %{_libexecdir}/cracklib_dict.pwi
 
 %files devel
-%defattr(644,root,root,755)
 %{_includedir}/crack.h
 %{_includedir}/packer.h
 %{_libdir}/libcrack.so
 
 %files dict-small
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_datadir}/cracklib/pw_dict.hwm
 %{_datadir}/cracklib/pw_dict.pwd
 %{_datadir}/cracklib/pw_dict.pwi