diff --git a/graphics/ueberzugpp/ueberzugpp.SlackBuild b/graphics/ueberzugpp/ueberzugpp.SlackBuild
index ec3af988fc..e315e1c2cb 100644
--- a/graphics/ueberzugpp/ueberzugpp.SlackBuild
+++ b/graphics/ueberzugpp/ueberzugpp.SlackBuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=ueberzugpp
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.9.4}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.9.6}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ if [ "$WAYLAND" = "yes" ]; then
     with_wayland=( -DENABLE_WAYLAND=ON )
 fi
 
+# upstream requires at least CMake 3.22 despite at least 3.21 working without
+# trouble
+sed -i '/cmake_minimum_required/s/3\.22/3\.21/' CMakeLists.txt
+
 mkdir -p build
 cd build
   cmake \
diff --git a/graphics/ueberzugpp/ueberzugpp.info b/graphics/ueberzugpp/ueberzugpp.info
index 0ee4d3f378..4065f15929 100644
--- a/graphics/ueberzugpp/ueberzugpp.info
+++ b/graphics/ueberzugpp/ueberzugpp.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="ueberzugpp"
-VERSION="2.9.4"
+VERSION="2.9.6"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/jstkdng/ueberzugpp"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/jstkdng/ueberzugpp/archive/v2.9.4/ueberzugpp-2.9.4.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="7388e482a328d1fdfc655d48576e017b"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/jstkdng/ueberzugpp/archive/v2.9.6/ueberzugpp-2.9.6.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="9a5ff399496c5f6658b571f594385d84"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="CLI11 chafa libsixel nlohmann_json oneTBB range-v3 spdlog vips"