diff --git a/python-sip.changes b/python-sip.changes
index 426d840..f17c7f6 100644
--- a/python-sip.changes
+++ b/python-sip.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan  3 19:07:05 UTC 2017 - termim@gmail.com
+
+- Update to 4.19
+  * added the assign() function to the sip module
+  * added support for the final keyword
+  * added the use_limited_api argument to the %Module directive
+  * added the %HideNamespace directive.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jul 26 17:26:51 UTC 2016 - termim@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/python-sip.spec b/python-sip.spec
index 1c5d895..464d5ab 100644
--- a/python-sip.spec
+++ b/python-sip.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-sip
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2017 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
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 #
 
 
-%define python_sip_api 11.3
+%define python_sip_api 12.0
 Name:           python-sip
-Version:        4.18.1
+Version:        4.19
 Release:        0
 Summary:        SIP tool to use python sip bindings
 License:        GPL-2.0 or GPL-3.0 or SUSE-SIP
diff --git a/python3-sip.changes b/python3-sip.changes
index efddf2c..f51a8ae 100644
--- a/python3-sip.changes
+++ b/python3-sip.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan  3 19:08:18 UTC 2017 - termim@gmail.com
+
+- Update to 4.19
+  * added the assign() function to the sip module
+  * added support for the final keyword
+  * added the use_limited_api argument to the %Module directive
+  * added the %HideNamespace directive.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jul 26 17:27:37 UTC 2016 - termim@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/python3-sip.spec b/python3-sip.spec
index 86437c6..0dafb9a 100644
--- a/python3-sip.spec
+++ b/python3-sip.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python3-sip
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2017 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
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
 #
 
 
-%define python_sip_api 11.3
+%define python_sip_api 12.0
 %if 0%{?suse_version} == 1220
 %define py3_incdir %{_includedir}/python3.2mu
 %endif
 Name:           python3-sip
-Version:        4.18.1
+Version:        4.19
 Release:        0
 Summary:        SIP tool to use python sip bindings
 License:        GPL-2.0 or GPL-3.0 or SUSE-SIP
diff --git a/sip-4.18.1.tar.gz b/sip-4.18.1.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 9469405..0000000
--- a/sip-4.18.1.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:9bce7a2dbf7f105bf68ad1bab58eebc0ce33087ec40396da756463f086ffa290
-size 992624
diff --git a/sip-4.19.tar.gz b/sip-4.19.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edcb373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sip-4.19.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:014bf55f653e0d8bcc582705ef4fbd61e0859a36e959ab46d8fa060cdf0b5e27
+size 1009474