diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 8a8c36e70d..ee19c6849c 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY dovecot-version              "&dovecot-major;.&dovecot-minor;.&dovecot-micro;.&dovecot-nano;">
 <!--<!ENTITY dovecot-version              "&dovecot-major;.&dovecot-minor;.&dovecot-micro;">-->
 
-<!ENTITY exim-version                 "4.95">
+<!ENTITY exim-version                 "4.96">
 <!ENTITY postfix-version              "3.7.2">
 <!ENTITY sendmail-version             "8.17.1">