diff --git a/.final_builds/jobs/haproxy/index.yml b/.final_builds/jobs/haproxy/index.yml
index fe527a01..d71586f0 100644
--- a/.final_builds/jobs/haproxy/index.yml
+++ b/.final_builds/jobs/haproxy/index.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ builds:
     version: 8384dbfd063486179af91642153c57ce0199499a
     blobstore_id: e15402bf-0542-4a82-a4e5-a8bc3f84c6d5
     sha1: 14115a74e8d0ff905714ad9385dc1b6e34017683
+  87cc57aabc055a28934317999babb3ec9f409bd8a3a9a61e60d29fa8a9430125:
+    version: 87cc57aabc055a28934317999babb3ec9f409bd8a3a9a61e60d29fa8a9430125
+    blobstore_id: 18eaeab8-8d86-4fce-6309-a1f3c0971db8
+    sha1: sha256:f9d351217b0769c031f5909fc0602ef00fc437c6b4ce8418f3f37a2fba546906
   888010b93a4576dbbec84602021f86bf88fc8bb5:
     version: 888010b93a4576dbbec84602021f86bf88fc8bb5
     blobstore_id: def975c0-838a-458e-46bd-1b8ff275537f
diff --git a/ci/release_notes.md b/ci/release_notes.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 77d62243..00000000
--- a/ci/release_notes.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# New Features
-
-- Via `backend_prefer_local_az`, haproxy can now be configured to prefer sending traffic
-  to backend servers in the same BOSH AZ as the haproxy server, to save cross-az traffic.
-  This option is currently off by default, but will likely become on by default in a future
-  release.
-
-# Acknowledgments
-
-Thanks @h0nIg for the new feature!
diff --git a/manifests/haproxy.yml b/manifests/haproxy.yml
index 2e21285b..cd39367c 100644
--- a/manifests/haproxy.yml
+++ b/manifests/haproxy.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ releases:
 - name: bpm
   version: latest
 - name: haproxy
-  version: 9.6.1
-  url: https://github.com/cloudfoundry-incubator/haproxy-boshrelease/releases/download/v9.6.1/haproxy-9.6.1.tgz
-  sha1: b7e9d428adf2fd13a20b66a55cf1bcc28f2052c5
+  version: 9.6.2
+  url: https://github.com/cloudfoundry-incubator/haproxy-boshrelease/releases/download/v9.6.2/haproxy-9.6.2.tgz
+  sha1: f4c80edae5e8655f21501c34f7fe9482b581be64
diff --git a/releases/haproxy/haproxy-9.6.2.yml b/releases/haproxy/haproxy-9.6.2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..135c79fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/haproxy/haproxy-9.6.2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: haproxy
+version: 9.6.2
+commit_hash: 23c69fc
+uncommitted_changes: false
+jobs:
+- name: haproxy
+  version: 87cc57aabc055a28934317999babb3ec9f409bd8a3a9a61e60d29fa8a9430125
+  fingerprint: 87cc57aabc055a28934317999babb3ec9f409bd8a3a9a61e60d29fa8a9430125
+  sha1: sha256:f9d351217b0769c031f5909fc0602ef00fc437c6b4ce8418f3f37a2fba546906
+  packages:
+  - haproxy
+  - ttar
+- name: keepalived
+  version: db24c81e600a163a0dc2c7fd02165fae9a0483a08e33baf39222fa8cf701d63a
+  fingerprint: db24c81e600a163a0dc2c7fd02165fae9a0483a08e33baf39222fa8cf701d63a
+  sha1: sha256:92d8f1996f108950d19400fb0af33350892599b3f921a0a81f7baebacacc11fb
+  packages:
+  - keepalived
+packages:
+- name: haproxy
+  version: 6c01e30bb6656dbf35a8601328ecfdf7cae7aaf6f3c7e896e48d3ad86b97c827
+  fingerprint: 6c01e30bb6656dbf35a8601328ecfdf7cae7aaf6f3c7e896e48d3ad86b97c827
+  sha1: sha256:0188e27e6fb39ca3997ccc5a113f455145c9fab99c97fcfc4c81d1927fb3b17b
+  dependencies: []
+- name: keepalived
+  version: 14aa689351e2083295d9f29e17330f15c4b21e775773f3e1f393395b212dd733
+  fingerprint: 14aa689351e2083295d9f29e17330f15c4b21e775773f3e1f393395b212dd733
+  sha1: sha256:77ff9d693c9398cc73319e6a5ffdfb96215c90a04c3f530f04610a19d284272f
+  dependencies: []
+- name: ttar
+  version: 8cdfde2f1ddc5f1c22b003002a473fbb1455e02b14167401d7fdd5856fec77b5
+  fingerprint: 8cdfde2f1ddc5f1c22b003002a473fbb1455e02b14167401d7fdd5856fec77b5
+  sha1: sha256:fbae990ea3ed13523b62d7a8ccea6c485c680aa40fbb78c11e4f7cfc92c1863f
+  dependencies: []
+license:
+  version: eba49a3e88a4329d6b7943df92467659a9badda7319648d5e78d45d7f1a19bc4
+  fingerprint: eba49a3e88a4329d6b7943df92467659a9badda7319648d5e78d45d7f1a19bc4
+  sha1: sha256:4462ba848d0f1d9489aab87c79816652cce6d3467153c5e78a6db13931a6b602
diff --git a/releases/haproxy/index.yml b/releases/haproxy/index.yml
index b1deaa39..c79c3c1d 100644
--- a/releases/haproxy/index.yml
+++ b/releases/haproxy/index.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ builds:
     version: 8.1.1
   b784fe9f-8b6f-495d-a4b5-4fffb25f7ed6:
     version: "7"
+  b886e503-131a-4d2f-4f38-4dbac070f7dc:
+    version: 9.6.2
   c2259f64-2728-4906-aa80-67d9f8484f5c:
     version: 8.0.2
   c7683d08-60c4-4536-a6b0-b28e05ea71c0: