diff --git a/net/unbound/Makefile b/net/unbound/Makefile
index b856d25c0f81..65495c28ad2d 100644
--- a/net/unbound/Makefile
+++ b/net/unbound/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.73 2019/12/03 08:08:58 he Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.74 2019/12/12 14:26:38 he Exp $
 
-DISTNAME=	unbound-1.9.5
-PKGREVISION=	1
+DISTNAME=	unbound-1.9.6
 CATEGORIES=	net
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/
 
diff --git a/net/unbound/distinfo b/net/unbound/distinfo
index 5e6aadf65329..61bc3e7aa319 100644
--- a/net/unbound/distinfo
+++ b/net/unbound/distinfo
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.55 2019/12/03 08:08:58 he Exp $
+$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.56 2019/12/12 14:26:38 he Exp $
 
-SHA1 (unbound-1.9.5.tar.gz) = e5a417fe46e5f2911b91e5ec6bbedc2ed14d9d0b
-RMD160 (unbound-1.9.5.tar.gz) = a49319ccc743709687792a57f1796acfa22e791e
-SHA512 (unbound-1.9.5.tar.gz) = 0b198b49165b25c93899ca41fead67c479e5b6fd255f7e2af6930f4b9898c73d8a72caf376fce9a2a33199d0764db58388371c3fdbd442999ddfdb0b8b5394ea
-Size (unbound-1.9.5.tar.gz) = 5686689 bytes
+SHA1 (unbound-1.9.6.tar.gz) = b6af3dc87ec3b372f96390c2527140ab8679fc18
+RMD160 (unbound-1.9.6.tar.gz) = 91d58d5eb3e4341ae816612795cc546559914138
+SHA512 (unbound-1.9.6.tar.gz) = 39a60f51da912ed25d247bc1e882b1242d80a63b0c2b3f753d38ed558f3a24691267375136ff6d85e5945a98ca0c4ac87e43e131c97737a355374dde64259951
+Size (unbound-1.9.6.tar.gz) = 5680145 bytes
 SHA1 (patch-configure) = eabd0c478e92ebe37adf143849389e0e792dc77f
-SHA1 (patch-util_netevent.c) = 3fba509f23d74fce18e45ffe1fcdb97ad609be46
diff --git a/net/unbound/patches/patch-util_netevent.c b/net/unbound/patches/patch-util_netevent.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 87f2f683955e..000000000000
--- a/net/unbound/patches/patch-util_netevent.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-$NetBSD: patch-util_netevent.c,v 1.1 2019/12/03 08:08:58 he Exp $
-
-Apply fix from
-  https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound/pull/122
-which fixes
-  https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound/issues/125
-
-Briefly: TCP socket timeouts would effectively be disabled after
-the exchange of the initial DNS query/response.
-
---- util/netevent.c.orig	2019-11-19 06:51:50.000000000 +0000
-+++ util/netevent.c
-@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ tcp_callback_writer(struct comm_point* c
- 		tcp_req_info_handle_writedone(c->tcp_req_info);
- 	} else {
- 		comm_point_stop_listening(c);
--		comm_point_start_listening(c, -1, -1);
-+		comm_point_start_listening(c, -1, c->tcp_timeout_msec);
- 	}
- }
-