diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 749ec7b50..63284aff5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ Note: Upstart/SysV init based OS types are not supported.
 - Application
   - [cert-manager](https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager) v1.13.2
   - [coredns](https://github.com/coredns/coredns) v1.11.1
-  - [ingress-nginx](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx) v1.9.4
+  - [ingress-nginx](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx) v1.9.6
   - [krew](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew) v0.4.4
   - [argocd](https://argoproj.github.io/) v2.8.4
   - [helm](https://helm.sh/) v3.13.1
diff --git a/docs/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx.md b/docs/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx.md
index 9359c4eb7..a77ae480d 100644
--- a/docs/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx.md
+++ b/docs/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ kubectl create clusterrolebinding cluster-admin-binding \
 The following **Mandatory Command** is required for all deployments except for AWS. See below for the AWS version.
 
 ```console
-kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/controller-v0.40.2/deploy/static/provider/cloud/deploy.yaml
+kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/controller-v1.9.6/deploy/static/provider/cloud/deploy.yaml
 ```
 
 ### Provider Specific Steps
diff --git a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
index 2080f43aa..91a333dfb 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
+++ b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ rbd_provisioner_image_tag: "{{ rbd_provisioner_version }}"
 local_path_provisioner_version: "v0.0.24"
 local_path_provisioner_image_repo: "{{ docker_image_repo }}/rancher/local-path-provisioner"
 local_path_provisioner_image_tag: "{{ local_path_provisioner_version }}"
-ingress_nginx_version: "v1.9.4"
+ingress_nginx_version: "v1.9.6"
 ingress_nginx_controller_image_repo: "{{ kube_image_repo }}/ingress-nginx/controller"
 ingress_nginx_controller_image_tag: "{{ ingress_nginx_version }}"
 ingress_nginx_kube_webhook_certgen_image_repo: "{{ kube_image_repo }}/ingress-nginx/kube-webhook-certgen"