diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b2abf68..a6b52f4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ glibmm-2.24.1.tar.bz2
 /glibmm-2.47.4.tar.xz
 /glibmm-2.48.1.tar.xz
 /glibmm-2.49.4.tar.xz
+/glibmm-2.49.5.tar.xz
diff --git a/mingw-glibmm24.spec b/mingw-glibmm24.spec
index f706656..fdcc46c 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:        2.49.4
+Version:        2.49.5
 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
+* Thu Sep 01 2016 Thomas Sailer <t.sailer@alumni.ethz.ch> - 2.49.5-1
+- update to 2.49.5
+
 * Mon Aug 08 2016 Thomas Sailer <t.sailer@alumni.ethz.ch> - 2.49.4-1
 - update to 2.49.4
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index a0f23cb..adb4b3d 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1da5e15c466719dffb7a079b7b0763ce  glibmm-2.49.4.tar.xz
+08e0f89f29aee7b625cc9988758f114f  glibmm-2.49.5.tar.xz