diff --git a/changelog/v0.9.6.md b/changelog/v0.9.6.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# v0.9.6
+
+**Released:** 2026-01-27
+
+## Changes
+
+Increase Woodpecker sync retry to 45s (15 attempts * 3s)
+
+---
+
+**Image:** `ghcr.io/orchard9/rdev-api:v0.9.6`
diff --git a/deployments/k8s/base/rdev-api.yaml b/deployments/k8s/base/rdev-api.yaml
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--- a/deployments/k8s/base/rdev-api.yaml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: rdev-api
       containers:
         - name: rdev-api
-          image: ghcr.io/orchard9/rdev-api:v0.9.5
+          image: ghcr.io/orchard9/rdev-api:v0.9.6
           imagePullPolicy: Always
 
           ports: