diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/common.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/common.nix
index 28bcba68a156..8ddfd9dd73e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/common.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 # package without splicing See: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/107606
 , pkgs
 , fetchurl
-, fetchpatch
 , zlib
 , openssl
 , libedit
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
index 6218fb0d5638..4329466c28cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ in
 
   openssh = common rec {
     pname = "openssh";
-    version = "9.5p1";
+    version = "9.6p1";
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://openbsd/OpenSSH/portable/openssh-${version}.tar.gz";
-      hash = "sha256-8Cbnt5un+1QPdRgq+W3IqPHbOV+SK7yfbKYDZyaGCGs=";
+      hash = "sha256-kQIRwHJVqMWtZUORtA7lmABxDdgRndU2LeCThap6d3w=";
     };
 
     extraPatches = [ ./ssh-keysign-8.5.patch ];