diff --git a/axel-2.17.8.tar.xz b/axel-2.17.8.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index c3201a7..0000000
--- a/axel-2.17.8.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:19c82a095e3ea84f1e24fe6fd6018ee06af73ee03ca8ecf31b34dcc57ef4351e
-size 201224
diff --git a/axel-2.17.9.tar.xz b/axel-2.17.9.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eee5351
--- /dev/null
+++ b/axel-2.17.9.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:f1364d9b55d435efc6d32218097a50a63be7b1300138e698133cf19ad3aa3a54
+size 204212
diff --git a/axel.changes b/axel.changes
index 74715fc..e82a9d4 100644
--- a/axel.changes
+++ b/axel.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug 21 21:11:44 UTC 2020 - Matthias Eliasson <elimat@opensuse.org>
+
+- update to 2.17.9: 
+  * Fixed insecure mode certificate checking error.
+  * Fixed progress bar for large number of connections.
+  * Fixed some race conditions with conn_t.
+  * Removed limitations on state file name length.
+  * Removed limitations on HTTP query length.
+  * Fixed a memory leak when deleting the download state file.
+  * Added coding style aid and licensing rules to CONTRIBUTING.md.
+  * Updated and improved README.md.
+  * Cleanup of code & build system.
+  * Made the help flag report axel's version number.
+  * Updated Chinese translation.
+- run spec-cleaner
+  * remove rpm groups
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun May 31 18:12:23 UTC 2020 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/axel.spec b/axel.spec
index 4ab627a..8169917 100644
--- a/axel.spec
+++ b/axel.spec
@@ -19,11 +19,10 @@
 %{!?license: %global license %doc}
 %{!?make_build: %global make_build make %{?_smp_mflags}}
 Name:           axel
-Version:        2.17.8
+Version:        2.17.9
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Lightweight Download Accelerator
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
-Group:          Productivity/Networking/Other
 URL:            https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
 Source:         https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/releases/download/v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig