diff --git a/coreutils/.SRCINFO b/coreutils/.SRCINFO
index 389931f3b6..fbe4a62ac0 100644
--- a/coreutils/.SRCINFO
+++ b/coreutils/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 pkgbase = coreutils
 	pkgdesc = The basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system
-	pkgver = 9.5
+	pkgver = 9.6
 	pkgrel = 2
 	url = https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
 	arch = x86_64
+	arch = powerpc64le
+	arch = powerpc64
+	arch = powerpc
+	arch = espresso
+	arch = riscv64
 	license = GPL-3.0-or-later
 	license = GFDL-1.3-or-later
 	makedepends = git
 	makedepends = gperf
+	makedepends = python
 	makedepends = wget
 	depends = acl
 	depends = attr
@@ -15,10 +21,10 @@ pkgbase = coreutils
 	depends = gmp
 	depends = libcap
 	depends = openssl
-	source = git+https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/coreutils.git?signed#tag=v9.5
-	source = gcc14-gnulib-lto.patch
+	source = git+https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/coreutils.git?signed#tag=v9.6
+	source = 915004f403cb25fadb207ddfdbe6a2f43bd44fac.patch::https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=patch;h=915004f403cb25fadb207ddfdbe6a2f43bd44fac
 	validpgpkeys = 6C37DC12121A5006BC1DB804DF6FD971306037D9
-	b2sums = 7b48eaa372037f1162335dacbc6460a1455e7b6c73badefd631b1a47cfab6072db938a25ce9bdba68c2b3ac13e9c64df06fef6f135d2979199cb09f41f83454a
-	b2sums = 1264b815101ebf98ce846ac96a649cc7964624ae0c140f23d41f2d2e8292f67b0c0cad3d66f6329a2d21c530b1cfbff65ef378abd8e49f3a1ac972a1cf88366d
+	b2sums = 8d8ee559af5401564314c87e6b2affb670d6de59546b23dab3fa5235d6d3c71f841f91dcb6daf9bf38db25ebc3c21db4f9a536568744fabe3d02bcf9430c90ca
+	b2sums = 27302e9b2ba68f0e8b06c24e985f03c6a40418a0b09ee053583683d1305a9b172556e06773dbf23e279773514fdafe311f8da91aba444135a3ed2a99b0aa0edc
 
 pkgname = coreutils
diff --git a/coreutils/PKGBUILD b/coreutils/PKGBUILD
index 150765a1a7..47e28192b4 100644
--- a/coreutils/PKGBUILD
+++ b/coreutils/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 # Contributor: judd <jvinet@zeroflux.org>
 
 pkgname=coreutils
-pkgver=9.5
-pkgrel=2.1
+pkgver=9.6
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc='The basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system'
 arch=(x86_64 powerpc64le powerpc64 powerpc espresso riscv64)
 license=(
@@ -26,18 +26,18 @@ depends=(
 makedepends=(
   git
   gperf
-  # python enable for upcoming 9.6
+  python
   wget
 )
 source=(
   git+https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/coreutils.git?signed#tag=v${pkgver}
-  gcc14-gnulib-lto.patch
+  915004f403cb25fadb207ddfdbe6a2f43bd44fac.patch::https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/"?p=coreutils.git;a=patch;h=915004f403cb25fadb207ddfdbe6a2f43bd44fac"
 )
 validpgpkeys=(
  6C37DC12121A5006BC1DB804DF6FD971306037D9 # Pádraig Brady
 )
-b2sums=('7b48eaa372037f1162335dacbc6460a1455e7b6c73badefd631b1a47cfab6072db938a25ce9bdba68c2b3ac13e9c64df06fef6f135d2979199cb09f41f83454a'
-        '1264b815101ebf98ce846ac96a649cc7964624ae0c140f23d41f2d2e8292f67b0c0cad3d66f6329a2d21c530b1cfbff65ef378abd8e49f3a1ac972a1cf88366d')
+b2sums=('8d8ee559af5401564314c87e6b2affb670d6de59546b23dab3fa5235d6d3c71f841f91dcb6daf9bf38db25ebc3c21db4f9a536568744fabe3d02bcf9430c90ca'
+        'd365086f33ffd770c8f457348561ed4120919c84f1bd4126495cd339f85a1fbf99845e1b17032a4ea579a93986f45ad71add1cd997e6a43235852087eac1279d')
 
 prepare() {
   cd "${pkgname}"
diff --git a/coreutils/gcc14-gnulib-lto.patch b/coreutils/gcc14-gnulib-lto.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ac42bbbb0d..0000000000
--- a/coreutils/gcc14-gnulib-lto.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-From 4602765093f04e597f87d78cf29d21eea03b6fa4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= <P@draigBrady.com>
-Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:10:43 +0100
-Subject: avoid GCC -Wmaybe-uninitialized false positives with LTO
-
-Avoids false warnings with GCC 14.2.1 with -flto
-
-* lib/canonicalize.c: Initialize END_IDX.
-* lib/getndelim2.c: Initialize C.
----
- ChangeLog          | 8 ++++++++
- lib/canonicalize.c | 9 ++++++++-
- lib/getndelim2.c   | 8 +++++---
- 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
-
---- a/gnulib/lib/canonicalize.c
-+++ b/gnulib/lib/canonicalize.c
-@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@
- #include "hash-triple.h"
- #include "xalloc.h"
- 
-+/* Suppress bogus GCC -Wmaybe-uninitialized warnings.  */
-+#if defined GCC_LINT || defined lint
-+# define IF_LINT(Code) Code
-+#else
-+# define IF_LINT(Code) /* empty */
-+#endif
-+
- #ifndef DOUBLE_SLASH_IS_DISTINCT_ROOT
- # define DOUBLE_SLASH_IS_DISTINCT_ROOT false
- #endif
-@@ -367,7 +374,7 @@ canonicalize_filename_mode_stk (const char *name, canonicalize_mode_t can_mode,
-               buf[n] = '\0';
- 
-               char *extra_buf = bufs->extra.data;
--              idx_t end_idx;
-+              idx_t end_idx IF_LINT (= 0);
-               if (end_in_extra_buffer)
-                 end_idx = end - extra_buf;
-               size_t len = strlen (end);
-diff --git a/lib/getndelim2.c b/lib/getndelim2.c
-index 89989ae..db61e2a 100644
---- a/gnulib/lib/getndelim2.c
-+++ b/gnulib/lib/getndelim2.c
-@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@
- #include "memchr2.h"
- 
- /* Avoid false GCC warning "'c' may be used uninitialized".  */
--#if __GNUC__ + (__GNUC_MINOR__ >= 7) > 4
--# pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wmaybe-uninitialized"
-+#if defined GCC_LINT || defined lint
-+# define IF_LINT(Code) Code
-+#else
-+# define IF_LINT(Code) /* empty */
- #endif
- 
- /* The maximum value that getndelim2 can return without suffering from
-@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ getndelim2     {
-       /* Here always ptr + size == read_pos + nbytes_avail.
-          Also nbytes_avail > 0 || size < nmax.  */
- 
--      int c;
-+      int c IF_LINT (= EOF);
-       const char *buffer;
-       size_t buffer_len;