diff --git a/srcpkgs/apache-ant/template b/srcpkgs/apache-ant/template
index 5a6b78f308..211e41064f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/apache-ant/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/apache-ant/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'apache-ant'
 pkgname="apache-ant"
-version="1.9.5"
+version=1.9.6
 revision=1
 short_desc="Java library and command-line tool that help building software"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
 license="Apache License"
 homepage="http://ant.apache.org"
 distfiles="http://mirror.dkd.de/apache/ant/source/apache-ant-${version}-src.tar.bz2"
-checksum="a4a9c797597ffab321384afa06286e37d444475449b74940b3e683a4b695f6fc"
+checksum=2ad98dd3a4805452e546e0f5b682360370ae11692a2157fff8ec6d177c957123
 hostmakedepends="openjdk"
 depends="virtual?java-runtime"
 noarch="yes"