diff --git a/ply-3.8.tar.gz b/ply-3.8.tar.gz
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--- a/ply-3.8.tar.gz
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-oid sha256:e7d1bdff026beb159c9942f7a17e102c375638d9478a7ecd4cc0c76afd8de0b8
-size 157286
diff --git a/ply-3.9.tar.gz b/ply-3.9.tar.gz
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/ply-3.9.tar.gz
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+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:0d7e2940b9c57151392fceaa62b0865c45e06ce1e36687fd8d03f011a907f43e
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diff --git a/python-ply.changes b/python-ply.changes
index 3e0c46e..6a79922 100644
--- a/python-ply.changes
+++ b/python-ply.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep  2 13:55:35 UTC 2016 - tbechtold@suse.com
+
+- update to 3.9:
+  * Exposed the parser state number as the parser.state attribute
+    in productions and error functions.
+  * Fixed Issue #88. Python3 compatibility with ply/cpp.
+  * Fixed Issue #93. Ply can crash if SyntaxError is raised inside
+    a production.   Not actually sure if the original implementation
+    worked as documented at all.  Yacc has been modified to follow
+    the spec as outlined in the CHANGES noted for 11/27/07 below.
+  * Fixed Issue #97. Failure with code validation when the original
+    source files aren't present.   Validation step now ignores
+    the missing file.
+  * Minor fixes to version numbers.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct  7 06:24:38 UTC 2015 - hpj@urpla.net
 
diff --git a/python-ply.spec b/python-ply.spec
index a06801e..0ac3396 100644
--- a/python-ply.spec
+++ b/python-ply.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-ply
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %define modname ply
 Name:           python-%{modname}
-Version:        3.8
+Version:        3.9
 Release:        0
 Url:            http://www.dabeaz.com/ply/
 Summary:        Python Lex & Yacc