diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 19b0dfc..b31d0e7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ rednotebook-1.1.0.tar.gz
 /rednotebook-2.4.tar.gz
 /rednotebook-2.5.tar.gz
 /rednotebook-2.8.tar.gz
+/rednotebook-2.9.tar.gz
diff --git a/rednotebook.spec b/rednotebook.spec
index 18b675c..15bce7c 100644
--- a/rednotebook.spec
+++ b/rednotebook.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           rednotebook
-Version:        2.8
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        2.9
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Daily journal with calendar, templates and keyword searching
 
 License:        GPLv2+
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ mv %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/metainfo/%{name}.appdata.xml %{buildroot}/%{_datadir
 %{python3_sitelib}/%{name}/__pycache__
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 18 2019 Fabian Affolter <mail@fabian-affolter.ch> - 2.9-1
+- Update to latest upstream release 2.9
+
 * Sat Feb 02 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.8-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_30_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 924a092..3af143d 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (rednotebook-2.8.tar.gz) = af5b5c6548a9d2036109e44582d30b9171659d619188b36cb5c78dc03b80fc1477f76086cb70890b9f78eb80e020e4444e7c3ca5d47e0821e64b4a117f618c2b
+SHA512 (rednotebook-2.9.tar.gz) = 30a23ed24367e413e5210e22fd68677634ecbc24cae44b1e846a9dab9f4785d30b317e4dbade4703a44e692bd767d330fc1ab596cf8943add63e2f2e52c30f56