diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/ocrmypdf/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/ocrmypdf/default.nix
index 6f7b4d487ef1..83d0bdd92c74 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/ocrmypdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/ocrmypdf/default.nix
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ let
 
 in buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "ocrmypdf";
-  version = "9.6.0";
+  version = "9.6.1";
   disabled = ! python3Packages.isPy3k;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jbarlow83";
     repo = "OCRmyPDF";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1cpj8fj1mzp6mbd1z9dj38fmlcg5q2gbya4vbag1ddd4vp7rvn2m";
+    sha256 = "0lbld11r8zds79183hh5y2f5fi7cacl7bx9f7f2g58j38y1c65vj";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [