diff --git a/man/systemd.net-naming-scheme.xml b/man/systemd.net-naming-scheme.xml
index e23d1c5758..0b0bbbb2f1 100644
--- a/man/systemd.net-naming-scheme.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.net-naming-scheme.xml
@@ -632,6 +632,15 @@
           <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="rhel-9.5"/>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
+
+        <varlistentry>
+           <term><constant>rhel-9.6</constant></term>
+
+           <listitem><para>Same as naming scheme <constant>rhel-9.5</constant>.</para>
+
+           <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="rhel-9.6"/>
+           </listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
       </variablelist>
       </refsect2>
 
diff --git a/src/shared/netif-naming-scheme.c b/src/shared/netif-naming-scheme.c
index 42b0470a11..5211eebc22 100644
--- a/src/shared/netif-naming-scheme.c
+++ b/src/shared/netif-naming-scheme.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ static const NamingScheme naming_schemes[] = {
         { "rhel-9.3", NAMING_RHEL_9_3 },
         { "rhel-9.4", NAMING_RHEL_9_4 },
         { "rhel-9.5", NAMING_RHEL_9_5 },
+        { "rhel-9.6", NAMING_RHEL_9_6 },
         { "rhel-10.0-beta", NAMING_RHEL_10_0_BETA },
         { "rhel-10.0", NAMING_RHEL_10_0 },
         /* … add more schemes here, as the logic to name devices is updated … */
diff --git a/src/shared/netif-naming-scheme.h b/src/shared/netif-naming-scheme.h
index 780392a583..a82f2f04d3 100644
--- a/src/shared/netif-naming-scheme.h
+++ b/src/shared/netif-naming-scheme.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ typedef enum NamingSchemeFlags {
         NAMING_RHEL_9_3 = NAMING_RHEL_9_0 | NAMING_SR_IOV_R,
         NAMING_RHEL_9_4 = NAMING_RHEL_9_3,
         NAMING_RHEL_9_5 = NAMING_RHEL_9_4 & ~NAMING_BRIDGE_MULTIFUNCTION_SLOT,
+        NAMING_RHEL_9_6 = NAMING_RHEL_9_5,
 
         NAMING_RHEL_10_0_BETA = NAMING_V255,
         NAMING_RHEL_10_0 = NAMING_V257,