diff --git a/srcpkgs/libguestfs/template b/srcpkgs/libguestfs/template
index 7ab8f4a7322..1fd8568ac6d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libguestfs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libguestfs/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libguestfs'
 pkgname=libguestfs
-version=1.39.5
+version=1.39.6
 revision=1
 _version_short=${version%.*}
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://libguestfs.org"
 distfiles="http://libguestfs.org/download/$_version_short-development/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=84fe4045fb0e2bbddb9646313b86cf0271c3b92daa4aa955c61f07d1c9c17401
+checksum=2fc293964a57ea2f78d62c0fda5fd16bcdc4b850ae4ffe192b07a7612c7c38b0
 
 conf_files="etc/libguestfs-tools.conf
  etc/xdg/virt-builder/repos.d/libguestfs.conf