diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index 4e954c8363..ca0cbe331e 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var (
 	GitDescribe string
 
 	// Version is main version number that is being run at the moment.
-	Version = "4.9.5"
+	Version = "4.9.6"
 
 	// VersionPrerelease is a pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 	// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
diff --git a/github-action/Dockerfile b/github-action/Dockerfile
index 4a47ef6817..2783bd81e1 100644
--- a/github-action/Dockerfile
+++ b/github-action/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM mikefarah/yq:4.9.5
+FROM mikefarah/yq:4.9.6
 
 COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
 
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index b8a257d525..2a9f974161 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: yq
-version: '4.9.5'
+version: '4.9.6'
 summary: A lightweight and portable command-line YAML processor
 description: |
   The aim of the project is to be the jq or sed of yaml files.