diff --git a/groups/251.native_packages_lib.group b/groups/251.native_packages_lib.group
index 1207bdd..46ae392 100644
--- a/groups/251.native_packages_lib.group
+++ b/groups/251.native_packages_lib.group
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@ ksba_cv_visibility_attribute=yes"};
 	-DZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR=${PREFIX_NATIVE}/include
 	-DZLIB_LIBRARY=${PREFIX_NATIVE}/lib/libz.a"};
 : ${PKG_LIBSSH_DEPENDS:="libz"};
-: ${PKG_LIBSSH_SHA256SUM:=acffef2da98e761fc1fd9c4fddde0f3af60ab44c4f5af05cd1b2d60a3fa08718};
-: ${PKG_LIBSSH_VERSION:=0.9.5};
+: ${PKG_LIBSSH_SHA256SUM:=86bcf885bd9b80466fe0e05453c58b877df61afa8ba947a58c356d7f0fab829b};
+: ${PKG_LIBSSH_VERSION:=0.9.6};
 : ${PKG_LIBSSH_URL:=https://www.libssh.org/files/${PKG_LIBSSH_VERSION%.*}/libssh-${PKG_LIBSSH_VERSION}.tar.xz};
 : ${PKG_LIBSSH_SUBDIR:=libssh-${PKG_LIBSSH_VERSION}};
 : ${PKG_LIBSSH_CMAKE_ARGS_EXTRA:="