diff --git a/cmd/osbuild-composer/config.go b/cmd/osbuild-composer/config.go
index e62be6537..05ec7c1bb 100644
--- a/cmd/osbuild-composer/config.go
+++ b/cmd/osbuild-composer/config.go
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func GetDefaultConfig() *ComposerConfigFile {
 		DistroAliases: map[string]string{
 			"rhel-7":  "rhel-7.9",
 			"rhel-8":  "rhel-8.10",
-			"rhel-9":  "rhel-9.5",
+			"rhel-9":  "rhel-9.6",
 			"rhel-10": "rhel-10.0",
 		},
 		LogLevel:           "info",
diff --git a/cmd/osbuild-composer/config_test.go b/cmd/osbuild-composer/config_test.go
index 2e7e9992d..f26d1db3f 100644
--- a/cmd/osbuild-composer/config_test.go
+++ b/cmd/osbuild-composer/config_test.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func TestDefaultConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		"rhel-10": "rhel-10.0",
 		"rhel-7":  "rhel-7.9",
 		"rhel-8":  "rhel-8.10",
-		"rhel-9":  "rhel-9.5",
+		"rhel-9":  "rhel-9.6",
 	}
 	require.Equal(t, expectedDistroAliases, defaultConfig.DistroAliases)