diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/scdoc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/scdoc/default.nix
index 17c153cd9f01..f2a48e5db049 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/scdoc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/scdoc/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "scdoc-${version}";
-  version = "1.9.4";
+  version = "1.9.6";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/scdoc/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "00zc3rzj97gscby31djlqyczvqpyhrl66i44czwzmmn7rc5j03m1";
+    sha256 = "0a2rxn0pihknvyvfvzib42v9c7zfdg8pi95q40fywwjb9clz59c9";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''