diff --git a/system/execline/execline.SlackBuild b/system/execline/execline.SlackBuild
index e58d50ee41..58c7852a2c 100644
--- a/system/execline/execline.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/execline/execline.SlackBuild
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=execline
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.9.5.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.9.6.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/system/execline/execline.info b/system/execline/execline.info
index 28996b32ca..c15f9f9512 100644
--- a/system/execline/execline.info
+++ b/system/execline/execline.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="execline"
-VERSION="2.9.5.1"
+VERSION="2.9.6.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://skarnet.org/software/execline/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://skarnet.org/software/execline/execline-2.9.5.1.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="0c4a770a8aaeedc61c8e209711d008a2"
+DOWNLOAD="https://skarnet.org/software/execline/execline-2.9.6.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="f9e876bb555b3244e2938be623ada508"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="skalibs"