diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 147fb19..5bebb78 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ curb-0.7.7.1.gem
 /curb-0.8.8.gem
 /curb-0.9.3.gem
 /curb-0.9.4.gem
+/curb-0.9.6.gem
diff --git a/rubygem-curb.spec b/rubygem-curb.spec
index 2451238..6f50f5a 100644
--- a/rubygem-curb.spec
+++ b/rubygem-curb.spec
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 %global gem_name curb
 
 Name: rubygem-%{gem_name}
-Version: 0.9.4
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Version: 0.9.6
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: Ruby libcurl bindings
 Group: Development/Languages
 License: Ruby
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ popd
 %{gem_instdir}/tests
 
 %changelog
+* Wed May 30 2018 Steve Traylen <steve.traylen@cern.ch> - 0.9.6-1
+- Update to curb 0.9.6.
+
 * Fri Feb 09 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.4-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 41e24a5..a7ad25b 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (curb-0.9.4.gem) = 7b81ba587ac9beb203e040234d9f5032d87352a3e045d3705f474d2eaf1f620245240a59894c7147f54d55f0293f60488e8f883367f96945d49ffcdcef42bfc1
+SHA512 (curb-0.9.6.gem) = b592e04f963a32a81dec0b67348921da7b9a84d6943398984126eae1dc22653efbb049ad04201a7f22cbf19a03d6c587a525491d25585d3f12e29d4a5cf469a8