diff --git a/0001-dbop_mysql-remove-extraneous-DEFAULT-keyword-in-clas.patch b/0001-dbop_mysql-remove-extraneous-DEFAULT-keyword-in-clas.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 428c26b..0000000
--- a/0001-dbop_mysql-remove-extraneous-DEFAULT-keyword-in-clas.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-From 6a53ab4e03588a26dcaf77c1948ac843c9366898 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
-Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2023 14:31:08 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] dbop_mysql: remove extraneous DEFAULT keyword in "classes"
- table CREATE statement
-
-Fixes: gromox-2.7-154-g7d7944f9d
-References: GXF-991
----
- lib/dbop_mysql.cpp | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git lib/dbop_mysql.cpp lib/dbop_mysql.cpp
-index 2a172a38d..ea091ed5c 100644
---- lib/dbop_mysql.cpp
-+++ lib/dbop_mysql.cpp
-@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ static constexpr char tbl_classes_top[] =
- "CREATE TABLE `classes` ("
- "  `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,"
- "  `classname` varchar(128) NOT NULL,"
--"  `listname` varchar(320) CHARACTER SET ascii DEFAULT NOT NULL,"
-+"  `listname` varchar(320) CHARACTER SET ascii NOT NULL,"
- "  `filters` TEXT,"
- "  `domain_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,"
- "  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),"
--- 
-2.40.0
-
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deleted file mode 100644
index 03a7129..0000000
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deleted file mode 100644
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
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new file mode 100644
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new file mode 100644
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+++ b/gromox-2.9.tar.zst
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diff --git a/gromox.changes b/gromox.changes
index b28e932..ee43aad 100644
--- a/gromox.changes
+++ b/gromox.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 10 09:07:18 UTC 2023 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Update to release 2.9
+  * emsmdb: support forwarding meeting requests from organizers
+    that are not local to the installation
+  * imap: broadcast changes to mailbox from EXPUNGE commands
+  * oxcical: add TZID for allday events
+  * imap: add and populate a per-context seqid list
+  * midb: unbreak search matching based on dates and sizes
+  * emsmdb: avoid hitting an assertion when sort-reloading a
+    table of a deleted folder
+- Delete 0001-dbop_mysql-remove-extraneous-DEFAULT-keyword-in-clas.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Apr 15 10:07:22 UTC 2023 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/gromox.dsc b/gromox.dsc
index 67970c5..e76b5c8 100644
--- a/gromox.dsc
+++ b/gromox.dsc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Format: 1.0
 Source: gromox
 Architecture: any
-Version: 2.8
+Version: 2.9
 DEBTRANSFORM-RELEASE: 1
 Maintainer: Gromox <null@gromox.com>
 Homepage: https://gromox.com
diff --git a/gromox.spec b/gromox.spec
index a8e14b5..39c105b 100644
--- a/gromox.spec
+++ b/gromox.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 %define _libexecdir %_prefix/libexec
 
 Name:           gromox
-Version:        2.8
+Version:        2.9
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Groupware server backend with RPC, IMAP,POP3, PHP-MAPI support
 License:        AGPL-3.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-3.0-or-later
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ URL:            https://grommunio.com/
 Source:         https://github.com/grommunio/gromox/releases/download/%name-%version/%name-%version.tar.zst
 Source2:        https://github.com/grommunio/gromox/releases/download/%name-%version/%name-%version.tar.asc
 Source8:        %name.keyring
-Patch1:         0001-dbop_mysql-remove-extraneous-DEFAULT-keyword-in-clas.patch
 BuildRequires:  automake >= 1.11
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++