diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-zen.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-zen.nix
index 9ee6dad7680..cfeaa6d1ec7 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-zen.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-zen.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
 
 let
-  version = "5.9.3";
+  version = "5.9.6";
 in
 
 buildLinux (args // {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ buildLinux (args // {
     owner = "zen-kernel";
     repo = "zen-kernel";
     rev = "v${version}-zen1";
-    sha256 = "0004fp3qnz2dpahnxkbc02yyijyqiavqmacyng1fi5wrw5kl2aj3";
+    sha256 = "0v8nc2zy75ij4hn8js23998spadbiid8qc9cib5d0apmzkhilqwq";
   };
 
   extraMeta = {