diff --git a/gap-utils.changes b/gap-utils.changes
index d551926..b2fbce3 100644
--- a/gap-utils.changes
+++ b/gap-utils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec 25 16:40:39 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Update to new upstream release 0.49
+  * removed QPA functions PositionsNonzero and NullList 
+  * changed record.tst so that 4r8 and dev give the same result 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Apr 29 23:39:05 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/gap-utils.spec b/gap-utils.spec
index 1b9540a..431546b 100644
--- a/gap-utils.spec
+++ b/gap-utils.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package gap-utils
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           gap-utils
-Version:        0.46
+Version:        0.49
 Release:        0
 Summary:        GAP: Utility functions in GAP
 License:        GPL-2.0+
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ BuildRequires:  gap-rpm-devel
 BuildRequires:  xz
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildArch:      noarch
-Requires:       gap-core >= 4.8.6
+Requires:       gap-core >= 4.8.8
 Requires:       gap-gapdoc >= 1.5.1
 Requires:       gap-polycyclic >= 2.11
 
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deleted file mode 100644
index 9d057dd..0000000
--- a/utils-0.46.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
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-oid sha256:7f450dab6abdab3b4c37f2c7e5ab7c3c765e2f3157a80c2693a29b08684ab1f6
-size 339402
diff --git a/utils-0.49.tar.bz2 b/utils-0.49.tar.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5143bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils-0.49.tar.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
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+oid sha256:aa95893e70e814ba3e05319096820b3d61582dd7632c039da6a0600f80a0958b
+size 334807