diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4cb26af93..c153d853e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
 
+## 1.9.5
+
+**Release date:** 2026-08-31
+
+This patch release upgrades Helm to v4.2.4 to stay in sync with helm-controller
+1.6, which moved back from the Flux fork of Helm to upstream. It also updates
+the fluxcd/pkg dependencies, which bring Kubernetes to 1.36.4.
+
+Improvements:
+- Upgrade helm to 4.2.4 (sync with HC 1.6)
+  [#2140](https://github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/pull/2140)
+- Update fluxcd/pkg dependencies
+  [#2141](https://github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/pull/2141)
+  [#2142](https://github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/pull/2142)
+
 ## 1.9.4
 
 **Release date:** 2026-08-07
diff --git a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
index 429e4f482..a2961d745 100644
--- a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ resources:
 images:
 - name: fluxcd/source-controller
   newName: fluxcd/source-controller
-  newTag: v1.9.4
+  newTag: v1.9.5
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ab3e83d32..f68c0bc7d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/tar v1.2.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/testserver v0.14.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/version v0.16.0
-	github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api v1.9.4
+	github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api v1.9.5
 	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.9.0
 	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.19.1
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3