diff --git a/diffstat.changes b/diffstat.changes
index c83e805..69a305e 100644
--- a/diffstat.changes
+++ b/diffstat.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jun  9 07:54:14 UTC 2014 - pgajdos@suse.com
+
+- updated to 1.59:
+  + add -E option to filter escape-sequences, e.g., from colordiff
+    (Ubuntu #1304262).
+  + merge/adapt improvments to makefile and configure script from
+    openembedded.org (forwarded by Ross Burton).
+    + remove unused $(libdir) from makefile "installdirs" target
+    + amend definition in CF_POPEN_TEST to permit use of autoheader.
+    + workaround for gratuitous renaming of AC_ACVERSION in 2.69
+  + added "docs" rule to makefile
+  + improvements to configure macros:
+    + added check for -Wlogical-op to gcc warnings
+    + suppress check for defining _XOPEN_SOURCE on Solaris
+    + trim an unwanted -no-gcc option for Intel compiler
+  + update config.guess, config.sub
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 30 06:35:31 UTC 2013 - pgajdos@suse.com
 
diff --git a/diffstat.spec b/diffstat.spec
index 3db8f92..25bb742 100644
--- a/diffstat.spec
+++ b/diffstat.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package diffstat
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products 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:           diffstat
-Version:        1.58
+Version:        1.59
 Release:        0
 Url:            http://dickey.his.com/diffstat/diffstat.html
 Summary:        Utility That Provides Statistics Based on the Output of diff
diff --git a/diffstat.tar.gz b/diffstat.tar.gz
index 87b46af..e426d20 100644
--- a/diffstat.tar.gz
+++ b/diffstat.tar.gz
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:fad5135199c3b9aea132c5d45874248f4ce0ff35f61abb8d03c3b90258713793
-size 246826
+oid sha256:267d1441b8889cbefbb7ca7dfd4a17f6c8bc73bc114904c74ecad945a3dbf270
+size 247698