diff --git a/devel/aws-c-common/Makefile b/devel/aws-c-common/Makefile
index 0be1711b3952..dcf4774ad88d 100644
--- a/devel/aws-c-common/Makefile
+++ b/devel/aws-c-common/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	aws-c-common
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.9.5
+DISTVERSION=	0.9.6
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
+PATCH_SITES=    https://github.com/${GH_ACCOUNT}/${GH_PROJECT}/commit/
+PATCHFILES=     c80ce50.patch:-p1 # Fix test failure, issue 1070
+
 MAINTAINER=	eduardo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Core c99 package for AWS SDK for C
 WWW=		https://github.com/awslabs/aws-c-common
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c11
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	awslabs
 
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 CMAKE_OFF=	BUILD_TESTING
 
-# Test failure: test_memory_usage_maxrss
-# https://github.com/awslabs/aws-c-common/issues/1070
-
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/aws-c-common/distinfo b/devel/aws-c-common/distinfo
index 2a59592a72cc..43a8bcde1678 100644
--- a/devel/aws-c-common/distinfo
+++ b/devel/aws-c-common/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1698393566
-SHA256 (awslabs-aws-c-common-v0.9.5_GH0.tar.gz) = db530a7ed2ae1c8d202e3251d8763f664a6ccf23c64ab32bc9b4aaf1ed5f4a18
-SIZE (awslabs-aws-c-common-v0.9.5_GH0.tar.gz) = 547697
+TIMESTAMP = 1698826719
+SHA256 (awslabs-aws-c-common-v0.9.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 5c30cc066a7f05fb8e4728f93aeed0e0e2698197a6df76237ac4e1200977d090
+SIZE (awslabs-aws-c-common-v0.9.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 548750
+SHA256 (c80ce50.patch) = 4249f9e6c54fe21834d7aa58d8ea8a654a09b38a6da8f44583c48eaaede5b9ff
+SIZE (c80ce50.patch) = 3372