diff --git a/roles/matrix/tasks/main.yml b/roles/matrix/tasks/main.yml
index 6d4745d4d8e59e08d3977ce9e13de600664d99a3..fde2dfa213b492c14b89fc8d28be1c0751a05314 100644
--- a/roles/matrix/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/matrix/tasks/main.yml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 - name: Install synapse
   pip:
     name:
-      - 'matrix-synapse[postgres,oidc,systemd,url-preview,redis,user-search]==1.95.0'
+      - 'matrix-synapse[postgres,oidc,systemd,url-preview,redis,user-search]==1.96.1'
     state: latest
     extra_args: '--upgrade-strategy=eager'
     virtualenv: /var/lib/synapse/venv