2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 24acdfae0e..1a36e957df 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -7110,6 +7110,8 @@ rb_str_casemap(VALUE source, OnigCaseFoldType *flags, rb_encoding *enc)
     DATA_PTR(buffer_anchor) = 0;
     mapping_buffer_free(current_buffer);
 
+    RB_GC_GUARD(buffer_anchor);
+
     /* TODO: check about string terminator character */
     str_enc_copy(target, source);
     /*ENC_CODERANGE_SET(mapped, cr);*/
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 0dc0c87858..fb6cd1f326 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # define RUBY_VERSION_MINOR RUBY_API_VERSION_MINOR
 #define RUBY_VERSION_TEENY 4
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE RUBY_RELEASE_YEAR_STR"-"RUBY_RELEASE_MONTH_STR"-"RUBY_RELEASE_DAY_STR
-#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 195
+#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 196
 
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_YEAR 2023
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_MONTH 3