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diff --git a/digikam.changes b/digikam.changes
index cd966c6..fc5498c 100644
--- a/digikam.changes
+++ b/digikam.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec  8 11:18:22 UTC 2022 - Paolo Stivanin <info@paolostivanin.com>
+
+- Update to 7.9.0:
+  * Fix of Google photo login and remote album management.
+  * Better management of faces location from metadata.
+  * Database schema migration backward compatibility.
+  * Better support of coordinates import from metadata.
+  * Better ISO date format support from metadata.
+  * Better performance with album management from a remote database.
+  * Fix application window positions under Microsoft Windows.
+  * Better Tags import and merge with items metadata.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov  7 07:49:32 UTC 2022 - Christophe Giboudeaux <christophe@krop.fr>
 
diff --git a/digikam.spec b/digikam.spec
index bbd53a2..8ed14eb 100644
--- a/digikam.spec
+++ b/digikam.spec
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 #
 
 
-%define soversion 7_8_0
+%define soversion 7_9_0
 %bcond_without released
 %bcond_with    apidocs
 Name:           digikam
-Version:        7.8.0
+Version:        7.9.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A KDE Photo Manager
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
@@ -248,9 +248,9 @@ The main digikam libraries that are being shared between showfoto and digikam
 
 %files -n libdigikamcore%{soversion}
 %license COPYING*
-%{_kf5_libdir}/libdigikamcore.so.7.8.0
-%{_kf5_libdir}/libdigikamdatabase.so.7.8.0
-%{_kf5_libdir}/libdigikamgui.so.7.8.0
+%{_kf5_libdir}/libdigikamcore.so.7.9.0
+%{_kf5_libdir}/libdigikamdatabase.so.7.9.0
+%{_kf5_libdir}/libdigikamgui.so.7.9.0
 
 %if %{with released}
 %files lang -f %{name}.lang