diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 166291d..db52637 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Version 0.6.1 (unreleased)
 * Test against Django 5.1
 * Add ability to control color of each character (PR #235, thanks @mheidarian)
 * Add support for Django REST Framework (PR #236, thanks @michalwrona01)
+* Audio CAPTCHA: try to detect the sample rate of the generated WAV file prior to merge (Issue #196)
 
 Version 0.6.0
 -------------
diff --git a/captcha/views.py b/captcha/views.py
index 1d2f364..afb27eb 100644
--- a/captcha/views.py
+++ b/captcha/views.py
@@ -166,15 +166,27 @@ def captcha_audio(request, key):
 
         # Add arbitrary noise if sox is installed
         if settings.CAPTCHA_SOX_PATH:
+            try:
+                sample_rate = (
+                    subprocess.run(
+                        [settings.CAPTCHA_SOX_PATH, "--i", "-r", path],
+                        capture_output=True,
+                    )
+                    .stdout.decode()
+                    .strip()
+                )
+
+            except Exception:
+                sample_rate = "8000"
+
             arbnoisepath = str(
                 os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), "%s_arbitrary.wav") % key
             )
-            mergedpath = str(os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), "%s_merged.wav") % key)
             subprocess.call(
                 [
                     settings.CAPTCHA_SOX_PATH,
                     "-r",
-                    "8000",
+                    sample_rate,
                     "-n",
                     arbnoisepath,
                     "synth",
@@ -184,6 +196,7 @@ def captcha_audio(request, key):
                     "-15",
                 ]
             )
+            mergedpath = str(os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), "%s_merged.wav") % key)
             subprocess.call(
                 [
                     settings.CAPTCHA_SOX_PATH,