diff --git a/python-rapidfuzz.changes b/python-rapidfuzz.changes
index 9b55271..d57eadc 100644
--- a/python-rapidfuzz.changes
+++ b/python-rapidfuzz.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Aug 18 17:20:38 UTC 2024 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 3.9.6:
+  * upgrade to Cython==3.0.11
+  * add python 3.13 wheels
+  * include simd binaries in pyinstaller builds
+  * fix builds with setuptools 72 by upgrading scikit-build
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jul  6 18:31:21 UTC 2024 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-rapidfuzz.spec b/python-rapidfuzz.spec
index 04cb85c..86d3a3f 100644
--- a/python-rapidfuzz.spec
+++ b/python-rapidfuzz.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-rapidfuzz
-Version:        3.9.4
+Version:        3.9.6
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Rapid fuzzy string matching
 License:        MIT
diff --git a/rapidfuzz-3.9.4.tar.gz b/rapidfuzz-3.9.4.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 653cc0d..0000000
--- a/rapidfuzz-3.9.4.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:366bf8947b84e37f2f4cf31aaf5f37c39f620d8c0eddb8b633e6ba0129ca4a0a
-size 1595863
diff --git a/rapidfuzz-3.9.6.tar.gz b/rapidfuzz-3.9.6.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac7a7d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rapidfuzz-3.9.6.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:5cf2a7d621e4515fee84722e93563bf77ff2cbe832a77a48b81f88f9e23b9e8d
+size 1596107