diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3/template b/srcpkgs/python3/template
index 0485ec5d16..f1e79ba3a1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # THIS PACKAGE MUST BE SYNCHRONIZED WITH "srcpkgs/python3-tkinter".
 #
 pkgname=python3
-version=3.9.5
+version=3.9.6
 revision=1
 wrksrc="Python-${version}"
 pycompile_dirs="usr/lib/python${version%.*}"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ maintainer="Andrew J. Hesford <ajh@sideband.org>"
 license="Python-2.0"
 homepage="https://www.python.org"
 distfiles="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${version}/Python-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=0c5a140665436ec3dbfbb79e2dfb6d192655f26ef4a29aeffcb6d1820d716d83
+checksum=397920af33efc5b97f2e0b57e91923512ef89fc5b3c1d21dbfc8c4828ce0108a
 
 alternatives="
  python:idle:/usr/bin/idle${version%.*}