diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2919af88..b033c858 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ Please remember to provide a good summary, description as well as steps to repro
 To run Gatekeeper, you can build it using this command:
 
 ```bash
-docker buildx build --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 -t quay.io/gogatekeeper/gatekeeper:2.9.5 .
+docker buildx build --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 -t quay.io/gogatekeeper/gatekeeper:2.9.6 .
 ```
 
 or you can use aleady existing Docker image by running:
 
 ```bash
-docker run -it --rm quay.io/gogatekeeper/gatekeeper:2.9.5 \
+docker run -it --rm quay.io/gogatekeeper/gatekeeper:2.9.6 \
       --listen 127.0.0.1:8080 \
       --upstream-url http://127.0.0.1:80 \
       --discovery-url https://keycloak.example.com/realms/<REALM_NAME> \
@@ -44,16 +44,16 @@ Beside links to archives of binaries we provide also checksum file containing ch
 for archives. You can download file gatekeeper-checksum.txt, it contains sha512 checksums e.g.:
 
 ```
-324b34ece86b6214f835ba9fd79e185864a9005f514458796c22c053de63f428235d2d2a04864065a49c090ad81d2daeb45546544fdd9531a8dea1a43145b8f0  gatekeeper_2.9.5_windows_amd64.zip
-38759e75a94d130758cd26958bd9a66b261be8d58a6c7a0fc04845157649aaf628d22a115c95285b405f8e4d6afa8bd78ca8677d1304faf06db93a0cbbc831a6  gatekeeper_2.9.5_linux_amd64.tar.gz
-f5322e41b3d78017191246bdd54f99e9b3dd8d5ff9d224e7e81b678a952c1d5aae125ea4c251928969b0a0ea0dc59724308c918993c8227f384f61896f58cbd0  gatekeeper_2.9.5_macOS_amd64.tar.gz
+324b34ece86b6214f835ba9fd79e185864a9005f514458796c22c053de63f428235d2d2a04864065a49c090ad81d2daeb45546544fdd9531a8dea1a43145b8f0  gatekeeper_2.9.6_windows_amd64.zip
+38759e75a94d130758cd26958bd9a66b261be8d58a6c7a0fc04845157649aaf628d22a115c95285b405f8e4d6afa8bd78ca8677d1304faf06db93a0cbbc831a6  gatekeeper_2.9.6_linux_amd64.tar.gz
+f5322e41b3d78017191246bdd54f99e9b3dd8d5ff9d224e7e81b678a952c1d5aae125ea4c251928969b0a0ea0dc59724308c918993c8227f384f61896f58cbd0  gatekeeper_2.9.6_macOS_amd64.tar.gz
 ```
 
 After you download archive of binary you can calculate it's checksum by using e.g. sha512sum Linux utility:
 
 ```
-sha512sum /my/path/gatekeeper_2.9.5_linux_amd64.tar.gz
-38759e75a94d130758cd26958bd9a66b261be8d58a6c7a0fc04845157649aaf628d22a115c95285b405f8e4d6afa8bd78ca8677d1304faf06db93a0cbbc831a6  gatekeeper_2.9.5_linux_amd64.tar.g
+sha512sum /my/path/gatekeeper_2.9.6_linux_amd64.tar.gz
+38759e75a94d130758cd26958bd9a66b261be8d58a6c7a0fc04845157649aaf628d22a115c95285b405f8e4d6afa8bd78ca8677d1304faf06db93a0cbbc831a6  gatekeeper_2.9.6_linux_amd64.tar.g
 ```
 
 As you can see output of command is checksum, you can compare it with the one in gatekeeper-checksum.txt.
diff --git a/docs/content/userguide/_index.md b/docs/content/userguide/_index.md
index d99bae0d..2a33b4f0 100644
--- a/docs/content/userguide/_index.md
+++ b/docs/content/userguide/_index.md
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ in Keycloak, providing granular role controls over issue tokens.
 
 ``` yaml
 - name: gatekeeper
-  image: quay.io/gogatekeeper/gatekeeper:2.9.5
+  image: quay.io/gogatekeeper/gatekeeper:2.9.6
   args:
   - --enable-forwarding=true
   - --forwarding-username=projecta
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ Example setup client credentials grant:
 
 ``` yaml
 - name: gatekeeper
-  image: quay.io/gogatekeeper/gatekeeper:2.9.5
+  image: quay.io/gogatekeeper/gatekeeper:2.9.6
   args:
   - --enable-forwarding=true
   - --forwarding-domains=projecta.svc.cluster.local
diff --git a/e2e/k8s/manifest_test_forwardauth.yml b/e2e/k8s/manifest_test_forwardauth.yml
index 62a03b3d..28da5427 100644
--- a/e2e/k8s/manifest_test_forwardauth.yml
+++ b/e2e/k8s/manifest_test_forwardauth.yml
@@ -2626,7 +2626,7 @@ spec:
             - -c
             - "while true;do sleep 10;done"
         - name: proxy
-          image: quay.io/gogatekeeper/gatekeeper:2.9.5
+          image: quay.io/gogatekeeper/gatekeeper:2.9.6
           imagePullPolicy: Never
           args:
             - --client-id=test-client
diff --git a/kube/reverse.yml b/kube/reverse.yml
index 57a3ac40..7a9a5063 100644
--- a/kube/reverse.yml
+++ b/kube/reverse.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ spec:
           secretName: tls
       containers:
         - name: proxy
-          image: quay.io/gogatekeeper/gatekeeper:2.9.5
+          image: quay.io/gogatekeeper/gatekeeper:2.9.6
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           args:
             - --client-id=broker