diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0befd86..f766833 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ SHELL ?= /bin/bash
 endif
 
 #JAR_VERSION := $(shell mvn -q -Dexec.executable="echo" -Dexec.args='$${project.version}' --non-recursive exec:exec -DforceStdout)
-JAR_VERSION := 1.95
+JAR_VERSION := 1.96
 JAR_FILE := mn2pdf-$(JAR_VERSION).jar
 
 all: target/$(JAR_FILE)
diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 9f9e2f7..0ffdc6e 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ You will need the Java Development Kit (JDK) version 8, Update 241 (8u241) or hi
 
 [source,sh]
 ----
-java -Xss5m -Xmx2048m -jar target/mn2pdf-1.95.jar --xml-file <XML-FileName> --xsl-file <XSLT-FileName> --pdf-file <Output-PDF-FileName> [--syntax-highlight]
+java -Xss5m -Xmx2048m -jar target/mn2pdf-1.96.jar --xml-file <XML-FileName> --xsl-file <XSLT-FileName> --pdf-file <Output-PDF-FileName> [--syntax-highlight]
 ----
 
 e.g.
 
 [source,sh]
 ----
-java -Xss5m -Xmx2048m -jar target/mn2pdf-1.95.jar --xml-file tests/G.191.xml --xsl-file tests/itu.recommendation.xsl --pdf-file tests/G.191.pdf
+java -Xss5m -Xmx2048m -jar target/mn2pdf-1.96.jar --xml-file tests/G.191.xml --xsl-file tests/itu.recommendation.xsl --pdf-file tests/G.191.pdf
 ----
 
 === PDF encryption features
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Update version in `pom.xml`, e.g.:
 ----
 <groupId>org.metanorma.fop</groupId>
 <artifactId>mn2pdf</artifactId>
-<version>1.95</version>
+<version>1.96</version>
 <name>Metanorma XML to PDF converter</name>
 ----
 
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ Tag the same version in Git:
 
 [source,xml]
 ----
-git tag v1.95
-git push origin v1.95
+git tag v1.96
+git push origin v1.96
 ----
 
 Then the corresponding GitHub release will be automatically created at:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 129cd81..3c23c0f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.metanorma.fop</groupId>
 	<artifactId>mn2pdf</artifactId>
-	<version>1.95</version>
+	<version>1.96</version>
 	<name>Metanorma XML to PDF converter</name>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<url>https://www.metanorma.org</url>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/metanorma/fop/annotations/Annotation.java b/src/main/java/org/metanorma/fop/annotations/Annotation.java
index 2ec90b5..fad7980 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/metanorma/fop/annotations/Annotation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/metanorma/fop/annotations/Annotation.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants;
 import javax.xml.xpath.XPathException;
 import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory;
+
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
 import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.fdf.FDFAnnotation;
@@ -274,7 +276,12 @@ public void process(File pdf, String xmlReview) throws IOException {
                 }
                 
                 for (Map.Entry<Integer,List<PDAnnotation>> set: map_pdfannots.entrySet()) {
-                    document.getPage(set.getKey()).setAnnotations(set.getValue());
+                    PDPage page = document.getPage(set.getKey());
+                    List<PDAnnotation> pageAnotations = page.getAnnotations();
+                    // merge existing annotations (including hyperlinks) and new annotations
+                    pageAnotations.addAll(set.getValue());
+                    //document.getPage(set.getKey()).setAnnotations(set.getValue());
+                    document.getPage(set.getKey()).setAnnotations(pageAnotations);
                 }
                 
                 fdfDoc.close();