diff --git a/libs/libunistring/Makefile b/libs/libunistring/Makefile
index 1abd5fc77..98ebb341d 100644
--- a/libs/libunistring/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libunistring/Makefile
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libunistring
-PKG_VERSION:=0.9.5
+PKG_VERSION:=0.9.6
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
-PKG_MD5SUM:=1a705bcdcb83799d544137617b377cfd
+PKG_MD5SUM:=dfae4ff5583649ed24d8f368f1d0543b
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring