diff --git a/.env b/.env
index ca55a698..e5c5e979 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 SORMAS_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
 SORMAS_POSTGRES_USER=sormas_user
 
-SORMAS_DOCKER_VERSION=2.56.1
-SORMAS_VERSION=1.95.1
+SORMAS_DOCKER_VERSION=2.57.0
+SORMAS_VERSION=1.96.0
 
 # only needed for CI build systems
 SORMAS_DEMIS_VERSION=1.42.0
diff --git a/apache2/Dockerfile b/apache2/Dockerfile
index 573f6d77..840c7d22 100644
--- a/apache2/Dockerfile
+++ b/apache2/Dockerfile
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 FROM httpd:2.4-alpine as build
 ARG SORMAS_SERVER_URL
 
-ARG SORMAS_VERSION=1.95.1
+ARG SORMAS_VERSION=1.96.0
 ARG MOD_AUTH_OPENIDC_VERSION=2.4.11.3
 
 ENV SORMAS_VERSION=$SORMAS_VERSION
 ARG SORMAS_URL=https://github.com/sormas-foundation/SORMAS-Project/releases/download/
 
+
+
+
+
 RUN apk update --no-cache && \
     apk upgrade --no-cache
 
@@ -32,7 +36,7 @@ RUN cd /usr/src/apache2/mod_auth_openidc-${MOD_AUTH_OPENIDC_VERSION}/ && ls -la
 
 FROM httpd:2.4-alpine
 ARG SORMAS_SERVER_URL
-ARG SORMAS_VERSION=1.95.1
+ARG SORMAS_VERSION=1.96.0
 
 ENV SORMAS_VERSION=$SORMAS_VERSION
 ARG SORMAS_URL=https://github.com/sormas-foundation/SORMAS-Project/releases/download/
diff --git a/keycloak/Dockerfile b/keycloak/Dockerfile
index 99b01938..16967d22 100644
--- a/keycloak/Dockerfile
+++ b/keycloak/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ USER root
 RUN microdnf update && microdnf install -y wget unzip
 
 ARG SORMAS_URL=https://github.com/sormas-foundation/SORMAS-Project/releases/download/
-ARG SORMAS_VERSION=1.95.1
+ARG SORMAS_VERSION=1.96.0
 
 RUN cd /tmp && \
     wget ${SORMAS_URL}v${SORMAS_VERSION}/sormas_${SORMAS_VERSION}.zip -O sormas.zip && \
diff --git a/letsencrypt/Dockerfile b/letsencrypt/Dockerfile
index a6de2c7b..fa680e33 100644
--- a/letsencrypt/Dockerfile
+++ b/letsencrypt/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ FROM lsiobase/nginx:3.11
 
 ARG CERTBOT_VERSION=1.3.0
 ARG SORMAS_URL=https://github.com/sormas-foundation/SORMAS-Project/releases/download/
-ARG SORMAS_VERSION=1.95.1
+ARG SORMAS_VERSION=1.96.0
 
 ENV SORMAS_VERSION=$SORMAS_VERSION
 LABEL maintainer="aptalca"
diff --git a/sormas/Dockerfile b/sormas/Dockerfile
index 41de91ca..bcf54dbd 100644
--- a/sormas/Dockerfile
+++ b/sormas/Dockerfile
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ ARG MAIL_FROM=sormas@localhost
 ARG JVM_MAX=4096m
 ARG SORMAS_URL=https://github.com/sormas-foundation/SORMAS-Project/releases/download/
 EXPOSE 6080
-
-ARG SORMAS_VERSION=1.95.1
+ARG SORMAS_VERSION=1.96.0
 ENV SORMAS_VERSION=$SORMAS_VERSION
 
 ENV MAIL_FROM=root@localhost