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diff --git a/python-PyCBC.changes b/python-PyCBC.changes
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@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Aug 20 23:28:07 UTC 2020 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
+
+- Update to version 1.16.9:
+  * Allow the compression level of HDF5 files created by
+    `pycbc_coinc_mergetrigs` to be specified by a command-line
+    argument (default to 6, not 9), speeding up execution with
+    only marginal increase in the resulting file size
+    (gh#gwastro/pycbc#3428).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Aug 15 13:16:35 UTC 2020 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/python-PyCBC.spec b/python-PyCBC.spec
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@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           python-PyCBC
-Version:        1.16.8
+Version:        1.16.9
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Core library to analyze gravitational-wave data
 License:        GPL-3.0-or-later