diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index f3ddf7841f..09ef8f6986 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
     -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>March 12th, 2024</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[thomas] - Update to openssh-9.7p1, ssh-askpass-9.7p1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;19452">#19452</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>March 10th, 2024</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 7ab61ee3e6..ff2dfc44c5 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 
 <!ENTITY nss-version                  "3.&nss-minor-version;">
 
-<!ENTITY openssh-version              "9.6p1">
-<!ENTITY openssh-md5sum               "5e90def5af3ffb27e149ca6fff12bef3">
+<!ENTITY openssh-version              "9.7p1">
+<!ENTITY openssh-md5sum               "1100f170ca1bc669038ca3743e074094">
 <!ENTITY p11-kit-version              "0.25.3">
 <!ENTITY polkit-version               "124">
 <!ENTITY polkit-gnome-version         "0.105">
diff --git a/postlfs/security/openssh.xml b/postlfs/security/openssh.xml
index 23353754d8..388a1e1067 100644
--- a/postlfs/security/openssh.xml
+++ b/postlfs/security/openssh.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
            "https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/openssh-&openssh-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY openssh-download-ftp  " ">
   <!ENTITY openssh-md5sum        "&openssh-md5sum;">
-  <!ENTITY openssh-size          "1.8 MB">
+  <!ENTITY openssh-size          "1.7 MB">
   <!ENTITY openssh-buildsize     "45 MB (add 22 MB for tests)">
   <!ENTITY openssh-time          "0.2 SBU (Using parallelism=4;
                                   running the tests takes about 20 minutes,