diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 538696b..4e9cfe1 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-abiword-2.7.8.tar.gz
-abiword-docs-2.7.8.tar.gz
+abiword-2.7.9.tar.gz
+abiword-docs-2.7.9.tar.gz
diff --git a/abiword.spec b/abiword.spec
index 3b72403..1009993 100644
--- a/abiword.spec
+++ b/abiword.spec
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 %define majorversion 2
 %define minorversion 7
-%define microversion 8
+%define microversion 9
 
 %define olpc_build 0
 
 Summary: The AbiWord word processor
 Name: abiword
 Version: %{majorversion}.%{minorversion}.%{microversion}
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Epoch: 1
 Group: Applications/Editors
 License: GPLv2+
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ update-desktop-database %{_datadir}/applications > /dev/null 2>&1 || :
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{name}-%{majorversion}.%{minorversion}.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Aug 23 2009 Marc Maurer <uwog@abisource.com> - 1:2.7.9-1
+- New upstream version
+
 * Tue Aug 04 2009 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 1:2.7.8-2
 - drop Req: mathml-fonts (dep moved to gtkmathview)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index f90f639..090e936 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-cf6df9b80015080c7b26cec10217917b  abiword-2.7.8.tar.gz
-a84537df3879bf09bf81d9e40dd3e5bd  abiword-docs-2.7.8.tar.gz
+fe9f6b173b866d98686ac3e8a1d23096  abiword-2.7.9.tar.gz
+c2474fcb5cf1b8c0a72ce080ea18b963  abiword-docs-2.7.9.tar.gz