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diff --git a/m17n-db-1.8.9.tar.gz b/m17n-db-1.8.9.tar.gz
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diff --git a/m17n-db.changes b/m17n-db.changes
index 0d86671..5cee9be 100644
--- a/m17n-db.changes
+++ b/m17n-db.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jan  5 06:37:57 UTC 2025 - Marguerite Su <i@marguerite.su>
+
+- update to 1.8.9
+  * mr-gamabhana.mim
+  * ar-translit.mim: Use Shift+t(T) in ar-translit.mim to
+    input the Arabic tatweel
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Nov 12 17:10:02 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/m17n-db.spec b/m17n-db.spec
index 7cfb1e4..e4f996f 100644
--- a/m17n-db.spec
+++ b/m17n-db.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package m17n-db
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2025 SUSE LLC
 #
 # 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:           m17n-db
-Version:        1.8.5
+Version:        1.8.9
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Database Needed by the m17n Library m17n-lib
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND SUSE-Public-Domain AND MIT