diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1dab3e9..fa77986 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 and [human-readable changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 ## Unreleased
+### Changed
+* Updated default Restic version to `'0.9.6'`
+### Fixed
+* SFTP Link correctly renders in MD
+
 ## 0.2.1
 ### Fixed
 * Crontab entries are now created correctly (@dnmvisser)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5e93903..7f2ff6c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ ansible-galaxy install arillso.restic
 | Name                   | Default              | Description                                                                 |
 | ---------------------- | -------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `restic_url`           | `undefined`          | The URL to download restic from. Use this variable to overwrite the default |
-| `restic_version`       | `'0.9.5'`            | The version of Restic to install                                            |
+| `restic_version`       | `'0.9.6'`            | The version of Restic to install                                            |
 | `restic_download_path` | `'/opt/restic'`      | Download location for the restic binary                                     |
 | `restic_install_path`  | `'/usr/local/bin'`   | Install location for the restic binary                                      |
 | `restic_script_dir`    | `'~/restic'`         | Location of the generated backup scripts                                    |
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Available variables:
 
 | Name                    | Required | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
 | ----------------------- |:--------:| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `location`              |   yes    | The location of the Backend. Currently, [Local](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/030_preparing_a_new_repo.html#local), [SFTP](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/030_preparing_a_new_repo.html#sftp and [S3](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/030_preparing_a_new_repo.html#amazon-s3) are supported |
+| `location`              |   yes    | The location of the Backend. Currently, [Local](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/030_preparing_a_new_repo.html#local), [SFTP](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/030_preparing_a_new_repo.html#sftp) and [S3](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/030_preparing_a_new_repo.html#amazon-s3) are supported |
 | `password`              |   yes    | The password used to secure this repository                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
 | `init`                  |    no    | Describes if the repository should be initialized or not. Use `false` if you are backuping to an already existing repo.                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
 | `aws_access_key`        |    no    | The access key for the S3 backend                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 43f9474..22c1db7 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 # defaults file for skeleton
 restic_url: '{{ restic_url_default }}'
-restic_version: '0.9.5'
+restic_version: '0.9.6'
 restic_download_path: '/opt/restic'
 restic_install_path: '/usr/bin'
 restic_script_dir: '~/restic'