diff --git a/_service b/_service
index d6af1e5..6ebb41a 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
     <param name="filename">drbd-utils</param>
 <!--
     build service using release drbd-utils atm.
-    <param name="version">9.5.0</param>
+    <param name="version">9.6.0</param>
     Using release tarball instead of git since need buildtag.c/h
 -->
-    <param name="versionformat">9.5.0+git.%h</param>
+    <param name="versionformat">9.6.0+git.%h</param>
     <param name="revision">master</param>
   </service>
 
diff --git a/drbd-utils-9.5.0.tar.gz b/drbd-utils-9.5.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e333fa..0000000
--- a/drbd-utils-9.5.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:3890fdf19ce7d08b6f293323ca272e67dbbdee83ed35296f8b9565b1c78f2244
-size 1058150
diff --git a/drbd-utils-9.6.0.tar.gz b/drbd-utils-9.6.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..debdbfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drbd-utils-9.6.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:a5cb6ced9c5a688f94328f423c77dc74dc26eb8af5f1211bd800c283d5dd7605
+size 1067391
diff --git a/drbd-utils.changes b/drbd-utils.changes
index d5e2e4e..b3cabd8 100644
--- a/drbd-utils.changes
+++ b/drbd-utils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 30 08:05:03 UTC 2018 - nwang@suse.com
+
+- Update to new upstream release 9.6.0
+ * usage-count: also count notty users if possible.
+ * drbd-overview: remove it, we have drbdtop/drbdmon. saves all the Perl deps.
+ * drbdmon: update frequency limiting, debug log for drbdevents, use
+   altbuffer,...
+ * drbdsetup show: on 9 allow json output.
+   mainly used in our CI, don't expect a stable field names yet.
+ * drbdsetup satus: on 9 fix json output to not include NaN/Infinity
+ * allow higher resync rates: first customers hit a limit. this requires an
+   updated kernel module as well (e.g., 9.0.16)
+ * init: fix some 8-only leftovers (sh-b-pri), sanitize the retry logic
+ * doc: document various 9 features that got forgotten (e.g., quorum-lost)
+ * build: various small fixes that popped up while playing with meson
+- Remove patch: skip_sh-b-pri_in_v9.patch fix in ace704aac
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul 23 03:05:33 UTC 2018 - nwang@suse.com
 
diff --git a/drbd-utils.spec b/drbd-utils.spec
index 2f649bf..07b8230 100644
--- a/drbd-utils.spec
+++ b/drbd-utils.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 %bcond_without drbdmon
 
 Name:           drbd-utils
-Version:        9.5.0
+Version:        9.6.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Distributed Replicated Block Device
 License:        GPL-2.0+
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ Patch3:         fence-after-pacemaker-down.patch
 # PATCH-SUSE-FIX: Disable quorum in default configuration (bsc#1032142)
 Patch4:         0001-Disable-quorum-in-default-configuration-bsc-1032142.patch
 Patch5:         move_fencing_from_disk_to_net_in_example.patch
-Patch6:         skip_sh-b-pri_in_v9.patch
 
 Provides:       drbd-bash-completion = %{version}
 Provides:       drbd-pacemaker = %{version}
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@ raid 1. It is a building block for setting up clusters.
 %patch3 -p1
 %patch4 -p1
 %patch5 -p1
-%patch6 -p1
 
 %build
 export WANT_DRBD_REPRODUCIBLE_BUILD=1
@@ -148,7 +146,6 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/xen
 /sbin/drbdadm
 /sbin/drbdsetup
 /sbin/drbdmeta
-/sbin/drbd-overview
 %if %{with drbdmon}
 /sbin/drbdmon
 %endif
diff --git a/skip_sh-b-pri_in_v9.patch b/skip_sh-b-pri_in_v9.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 29d9256..0000000
--- a/skip_sh-b-pri_in_v9.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur drbd-utils-9.0.0.orig/scripts/drbd drbd-utils-9.0.0/scripts/drbd
---- drbd-utils-9.0.0.orig/scripts/drbd	2017-10-16 17:02:55.707528280 +0800
-+++ drbd-utils-9.0.0/scripts/drbd	2017-10-16 17:34:02.134427141 +0800
-@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@
-     . /lib/lsb/init-functions
- fi
- 
-+local DRBD_VERSION DRBD_IS_V9=false
-+DRBD_VERSION="$($DRBDADM --version 2>/dev/null | grep DRBD_KERNEL_VERSION_CODE | cut -d '=' -f 2)"
-+if (( $DRBD_VERSION >= 0x090000 ))
-+then
-+    DRBD_IS_V9=true
-+fi
-+
- assure_module_is_loaded()
- {
-     [ -e "$PROC_DRBD" ] && return
-@@ -191,7 +198,8 @@
- 	# Become primary if configured
- 	# Currently, this is necessary for drbd8
- 	# drbd9 supports automatic promote and removes the "sh-b-pri" command.
--	$DRBDADM sh-b-pri all || true
-+	# Do not run "$DRBDADM sh-b-pri all" in v8
-+	$DRBD_IS_V9 || $DRBDADM sh-b-pri all || true
- 	log_end_msg 0
- 
- 	# Now handle stacked devices, if any
-@@ -218,7 +226,7 @@
- 		    done
- 		done
- 		$DRBDADM -S wait-con-int # User interruptible version of wait-connect all
--		$DRBDADM -S sh-b-pri all || true
-+		$DRBD_IS_V9 || $DRBDADM -S sh-b-pri all || true
- 		log_end_msg 0
- 	    fi
- 	fi