diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index ccaef48cb..214c85540 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ workflows:
                 - quay.io/astronomer/ap-nats-server:2.10.9-2
                 - quay.io/astronomer/ap-nats-streaming:0.25.6-1
                 - quay.io/astronomer/ap-nginx-es:1.25.4
-                - quay.io/astronomer/ap-nginx:1.9.5
+                - quay.io/astronomer/ap-nginx:1.9.6
                 - quay.io/astronomer/ap-node-exporter:1.7.0
                 - quay.io/astronomer/ap-openresty:1.25.3-1
                 - quay.io/astronomer/ap-pgbouncer-krb:1.17.0-10
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ workflows:
                 - quay.io/astronomer/ap-nats-server:2.10.9-2
                 - quay.io/astronomer/ap-nats-streaming:0.25.6-1
                 - quay.io/astronomer/ap-nginx-es:1.25.4
-                - quay.io/astronomer/ap-nginx:1.9.5
+                - quay.io/astronomer/ap-nginx:1.9.6
                 - quay.io/astronomer/ap-node-exporter:1.7.0
                 - quay.io/astronomer/ap-openresty:1.25.3-1
                 - quay.io/astronomer/ap-pgbouncer-krb:1.17.0-10
diff --git a/charts/nginx/values.yaml b/charts/nginx/values.yaml
index 00365135d..dd640561c 100644
--- a/charts/nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/nginx/values.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ tolerations: []
 images:
   nginx:
     repository: quay.io/astronomer/ap-nginx
-    tag: 1.9.5
+    tag: 1.9.6
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   defaultBackend:
     repository: quay.io/astronomer/ap-default-backend
diff --git a/tests/functional_tests/test_config.py b/tests/functional_tests/test_config.py
index 44ccab9b0..47917b939 100755
--- a/tests/functional_tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/functional_tests/test_config.py
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ def test_nginx_can_reach_default_backend(nginx):
     )
 
 
+def test_nginx_ssl_cache(nginx):
+    """Ensure nginx default ssl cache size is 10m."""
+    assert "ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;" == nginx.check_output(
+        "cat nginx.conf | grep ssl_session_cache"
+    ).replace("\t", "")
+
+
 @pytest.mark.flaky(reruns=20, reruns_delay=10)
 def test_prometheus_targets(prometheus):
     """Ensure all Prometheus targets are healthy."""