diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b4449ea..b2abf68 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ glibmm-2.24.1.tar.bz2
 /glibmm-2.47.3.1.tar.xz
 /glibmm-2.47.4.tar.xz
 /glibmm-2.48.1.tar.xz
+/glibmm-2.49.4.tar.xz
diff --git a/mingw-glibmm24.spec b/mingw-glibmm24.spec
index 8b0a853..f706656 100644
--- a/mingw-glibmm24.spec
+++ b/mingw-glibmm24.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 %global release_version %(echo %{version} | awk -F. '{print $1"."$2}')
 
 Name:           mingw-glibmm24
-Version:        2.48.1
+Version:        2.49.4
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        MinGW Windows C++ interface for GTK2 (a GUI library for X)
 
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ rm -r $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{mingw64_datadir}/devhelp
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 08 2016 Thomas Sailer <t.sailer@alumni.ethz.ch> - 2.49.4-1
+- update to 2.49.4
+
 * Fri Apr 01 2016 Thomas Sailer <t.sailer@alumni.ethz.ch> - 2.48.1-1
 - update to 2.48.1
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 1be7973..a0f23cb 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-f08b2c7f09b984b0df05f0bf4d20ad11  glibmm-2.48.1.tar.xz
+1da5e15c466719dffb7a079b7b0763ce  glibmm-2.49.4.tar.xz